6500 Packet-Optical Platform

Planning, Part 1 of 4
Release 10.0
What’s inside...
Introduction
Feature overview
Shelf and equipment descriptions

See Part 2 for the following...

Applications and upgrades
User interface description
Ordering information

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Pluggable modules
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Data communications planning

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Introduction 1-1
6500 general information 1-1
MSPP services 1-7
MSPP services transport 1-9
Broadband services 1-13
Broadband flexibility and cost efficiency 1-13
Photonic services 1-15
OTN transport and switched services 1-16
Hardware-modular architecture 1-16
Control Plane 1-17
Network management 1-18
Network planning tools 1-19
Photonic Network Capture (PNC) 1-19

Feature overview 2-1

Physical description 2-61
Bay/rack configurations 2-62
Front exhaust considerations 2-64
Interface circuit packs and modules 2-79
Supported slots for interface circuit packs and modules 2-86
Support in individual shelf types (individual tables) 2-86
6500 2-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots 2-88
6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and
slots 2-90
6500 14-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots 2-97
6500 32-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots 2-108
Support in combined shelf types (comparison tables) 2-115
Supported MSPP circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types 2-115
Supported Broadband circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types 2-120
Supported Photonic circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots in different 6500 shelf
types 2-125
Supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs and slots in different
6500 shelf types 2-131
Supported OPS circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types 2-133
Configurations 2-137

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Connection management 2-138

Traffic protection 2-138
Equipment protection 2-138
Synchronization 2-139
Alarms and events 2-139
Performance monitoring 2-140
Operational measurements 2-141
System lineup and testing 2-141
Test access and loopbacks 2-141
Data management 2-141
Data replication with SP redundancy 2-142
Data replication without SP redundancy 2-144
Autodiscovery 2-145
Definitions 2-145
Layer-0 auto-discovery 2-145
Layer-1 auto-discovery 2-149
Layer-2 auto-discovery 2-150
OTMn/OTU physical adjacency 2-151
Autoprovisioning TTI 2-151
Supporting circuit packs/facilities for CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx
wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm correlation 2-153
Security and administration 2-163
Data communication network 2-164
6500 management 2-164
Site Manager 2-164
TL1 user interfaces 2-164
SNMP 2-165
SAOS-based SNMP 2-165
Command line interface 2-165
SAOS Command Line Interface (SAOS CLI) 2-165
SONMP topology discovery 2-165
Interworking 2-166
Interoperating with other vendors’ portfolios 2-167
DWDM Interworking 2-167
IBM protocols certification 2-167

Shelf and equipment descriptions 3-1

Hardware architecture 3-4
Shelf assemblies 3-5
14-slot shelf assembly 3-6
14-slot electrical interface area 3-23
14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf and converged optical/rear electrical shelf 3-25
14-slot metro front electrical shelf 3-27
32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB) 3-28
7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5 and NTK503KA) 3-33
6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA) 3-40
2-slot shelf assembly (NTK503MAE5/NTK503NAE5/NTK503LA) 3-44
Extended temperature solution overview and description 3-52
Backplane 3-60
Shelf ID module 3-61

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Shelf ESD interface 3-62

Shelf cover 3-62
Synchronization hardware 3-64
Fiber/cable routing channel 3-65
Fiber manager 3-67
Air flow directions and cooling configurations 3-69
Air flow directions 3-69
14-slot shelf cooling configurations 3-72
32-slot shelf cooling configurations 3-77
7-slot shelf cooling configurations 3-79
6500-7 packet-optical shelf cooling configurations 3-81
2-slot shelf cooling configurations 3-82
Interface circuit pack descriptions 3-83
Filler cards/modules 3-140
Customer location equipment (CLE) device 3-140

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New in this release and documentation

roadmap 0

This Technical Publication supports 6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500)

Release 10.0 software and subsequent maintenance releases for Release
10.0.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, references to Release 10.0 in the

Planning Guides and technical publications apply to Release 10.0 and
Releases 10.0x.

Issue 4
This technical publication was up-issued to update the following sections:
• Extended temperature solution overview and description on page 3-52
• 14-slot and 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering for SMD 50 GHz 8x1 and
CCMD12 circuit packs. See the following tables for updated interface/slot
numbering:
— Table 2-11, 6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering
(MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs) on page
2-97
— Table 2-12, 6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering
(MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs) on page
2-108
— Table 2-16, Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules,
and chassis) on page 2-125

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Issue 3
This technical publication was up-issued to include
• the following hardware that supports the extended temperature solution:
— OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP circuit pack (NTK532DE)
— OC-48/STM-16 SR1/I16.1 1310 nm XCT Enhanced SFP module
(NTTP03BD)
— GE/FC100/FC200 1000-BaseLX 1310 nm XCT Enhanced SFP
module (NTTP06CD)
— Multirate 1471 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JA)
— Multirate 1491 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JB)
— Multirate 1511 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JC)
— Multirate 1531 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JD)
— Multirate 1551 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JE)
— Multirate 1571 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JF)
— Multirate 1591 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JG)
— Multirate 1611 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM XFP (NTTP84JH)
• Upgrade support
— Upgrade support to Release 10.05 from Releases 9.10/R9.12/
9.22/9.31/9.32/10.0
This technical publication was also up-issued to include a new part number for
PTE2000-EEA (44RU extended equipment aperture, 600 mm wide x 300 mm
deep x 2125 mm high) rack
• The new part number; NTRU6501SIF has been added to this release.
NTRU6501SIF is the same rack as NTRU6501 but is attached to a
cushioned pallet suitable for transport of the rack (which may have
equipment mounted to it) in a vertical position. The NTRU6501SIF part
number is used if any equipment will be mounted into the rack at one site
and then re-packaged for transport to another site. Racks without “SIF” in
the part number (i.e. NTRU6501) are shipped in crates that are suitable for
transport of racks that do not have equipment mounted to them. Order
NTRU6501SIF if you are also ordering hot or cold staging services from
Ciena.

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Issue 2
This technical publication was up-issued to include the following Release
10.05 hardware and software features:
• eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ circuit pack (NTK536AB variant)
• eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP circuit pack (NTK536FB variant)
• Support for eMOTR CLI Proxy in TIDc and Private IP based networks
• Support SPLI on 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5), 10x10G MUX
(NTK529BBE5), and 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F (NTK667AA) circuit packs
• Support for ODU Signal Degrade condition as a switch reason in TPT and
1+1 line protection for 4x10G OTR circuit pack (NTK530QA and
NTK530QM variants)
• Support for ODU Signal Degrade condition as a switch reason in TPT,
SNCP, and 1+1 OTM1 line protection for (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit
pack (NTK532DA)
• Far-end SONET Line/SDH Multiplex Section PMs on (1+8)xOTN Flex
MOTR circuit pack (NTK532DA)
• L1 Sync support for eMOTR with 40G OCLD circuit packs
• eMOTR Ethertype 8100 tagging support
• eMOTR EPL L2 control frame tunneling support in order to achieve basic
MEF certification
• NTK583AA/NTK583AB tunable XFP support native 10GE rate on eMOTR
circuit packs
• Upgrade support to Release 10.05 from Releases 9.10/
9.22/9.23/9.31/9.32/10.0

Release 10.05 software features are not available in Release 10.0. For
eMOTR NTK536AB/FB variant support in Release 10.0 refer to Replacing an
eMOTR circuit pack in Fault Management - Module Replacement,
323-1851-545.

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Issue 1
The following section details what’s new in 6500 Planning, Part 1 of 4,
NTRN10DA, Standard Issue 1 for Release 10.0.

The following new/enhanced features are covered in this document:

• new 6500 shelf and shelf components
— 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA)
– Cooling Fan Module for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK507QA)
– Access Panel for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK505JA)
– 50A Power Input Card (breakered) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input
(NTK505CC)
– Fused Power Input Card - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
(NTK505EC)
– Air Filter for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK509ER)
– 6500-7 packet-optical Shelf Front Cover (NTK509CS)
• new circuit packs and modules
— PKT/OTN XC I/F 100G circuit pack (NTK665AA)
— PKT/OTN I/F 100G 10xXFP circuit pack (NTK667AA)
— Inline Submarine Supervisory (ISS C-Band) circuit pack (NTK528YA)
• new common equipment and accessories
— X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit pack (NTK615BA)
— X-Conn 3200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit pack (NTK616BA)
• new pluggables
— 103.1G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, 1310 nm, 10km CFP (160-9113-900)
— 103.1G-111.8G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, 1310 nm, 10km CFP
(160-9114-900)
— 103.1G-111.8G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, 1310 nm, 40km CFP
(160-9115-900)
— 10GBASE-ER/FC1200, 1550nm, 40km, SFP+ (160-9104-900)
— 10GBASE-ZR/FC1200, 1550nm, 80km, SFP+ (160-9105-900)

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• new software features

— Photonics Layer 0 Control Plane:
– Distributed Layer 0 control plane utilizing OSRP
– Autoroute disable
– Single section DOC
– Support for small radius, all viable path network
– Topology, single-ended call support, restoration
— eMOTR enhancements:
– L1Sync and Ethernet Sync Message Channel (ESMC)
– 10GBase-R on XFP
– Platform photonic application support
– Platform SPAP2 support
– DHCP relay
– CoS queuing
– G.8032 (R-APS) ring enhancement
– D-LAG w/FDB Sync
– Mated configs with 40G circuit packs
– Auto Negotiation on GE/SFP
– RMON HC-ALARM support
– ETH-OAM enhancements
– Metering enhancement with RCoS
— OTN switching enhancements:
– 40GE, OC-768, STM-256 client services (40G OCI [NTK529SJ]
mated with 40G OTN XCIF [NTK620AA])
– ODU3 - connection rate
– Inservice upgrade from 600G --> 1.2T & 1.6T --> 3.2T fabrics
– UNI-ASNCP (SNC/S @ ODUj rate)
– AMP mapping for SONET/SDH clients (OC-48/192 / STM-16/64)
– PM enhancements

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— Control Plane OTN enhancements:

– ODU3 SNC
– Make before break
– Clear blocked bundle behavior
– Generic endpoint
– Retain home path
– Bandwidth lockout
– PSNC to SNC conversion
– Regroom of traffic within a link
– OTN Control Plane interworking with 5430 R2.2
– Line flapping alarm
– Optical VPN
– ODU4 links
– Bandwidth threshold
– SNC Name
– Exclusive Home, Preferred Protect Routes DTLSET
— Transponder enhancements:
– TPT support on 100G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit pack
(NTK529AC) when mated with 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD
(NTK539Ux) or Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Bx) circuit
packs
– Post-FEC ODU SD/SF; OTU SD
– SPLI, SLC and related application enhancements
— Submarine enhancements:
– Submarine DOC support
— Photonic enhancements
– Photonics slot sequencing
— (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack (NTK532DA) enhancements:
– Port mapping enhancements
– 1+1 OTM1 linear protection support
– SAPI/DAPI support
– CPRI-Option1, CPRI-Option2, CPRI-Option3
– Tributary slot assignment

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— 4x10G OTR circuit pack (NTK530QM) enhancement:

– Supporting SERF9G8
— Enhancement on the 8xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack (NTK532BAE5)
and the integrated OTN Flex MOTR function in NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5 variants of 2-slot shelf
– SAPI/DAPI support
– CPRI-Option1, CPRI-Option2, CPRI-Option3
— 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5), 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5),
10x10G MUX (NTK529BBE5), and 100G OCI (NTK529AC) circuit
packs enhancement:
– Supporting 40G and 100G client card back-to-back configurations
— Datacomms enhancements:
– OSPF MD5 authentication
– DCN scalability
– Shelf IP redistribution
– OSC for shelf interconnect
— Commissioning simplification:
– Node Setup application
— Site Manager enhancements:
– Enhanced Shelf Level View (SLV)
– JAVA JRE 1.7
— Equipment/plug AINS
— Pluggable data model extensions
— PEC edit for NTK586xx to NTK585xx
— Support for passive bridge
— Alpha-numeric SNC naming
— WSS safety enhancement
— Card Logs application
• Introduction of Fault Management - SNMP, 323-1851-740 document to the
6500 technical publications library
• upgrade support to Release 10.0 from Releases
9.01/9.10/9.12/9.20/9.21/9.22/9.30/9.31

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Supporting documentation
The following is a list of application-specific documents that are applicable to
the 6500.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide, NTRN15BA,
provides detailed information on data concepts, applications, and
engineering rules.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane Application Guide,
NTRN71AA, provides detailed information on Control Plane concepts,
applications, and engineering rules.
• The Universal AC Rectifier Application Note for Packet-Optical Transport,
009-2012-900, provides configuration, installation, operating,
maintenance and planning information related to this AC Rectifier solution.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA,
provides detailed information on Photonic concepts, applications, and
engineering rules.
• The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Submarine Networking Application
Guide, NTRN72AA, provides detailed information on Submarine
applications and engineering rules.
• The SAOS-based Packet Services Command Reference, 323-1851-610,
the SAOS-based Packet Services Configuration, 323-1851-630,
the SAOS-based Packet Services Fault and Performance, 323-1851-650,
and the SAOS-based Packet Services MIB Reference, 323-1851-690,
provide detailed information for the eMOTR circuit packs. eMOTR circuit
packs use an operating system based on the Service Aware Operating
System (SAOS) for Layer 2 services.

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6500 Packet-Optical Platform technical publications

The following roadmap illustrates the structure of the 6500 technical
publications library.

Planning a Network Installing, Managing and Maintaining and Circuit Pack-Based

Commissioning and Provisioning Troubleshooting Documentation
Testing a Network a Network a Network

Planning - Installation, Administration Fault Management - Common Eqpt

Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 Parts 1 and 2 and Security Performance (323-1851-102.1)
(NTRN10DA) (323-1851-201) (323-1851-301) Monitoring
(323-1851-520) Electrical
Documentation Commissioning Configuration - (323-1851-102.2)
Roadmap and Testing Provisioning Fault Management -
(323-1851-090) (323-1851-221) and Operating Alarm Clearing OC-n/STM-n
Parts 1 and 2 Parts 1 and 2 (323-1851-102.3)
Planning - (323-1851-310) (323-1851-543)
Ordering Information
40G/100G/
(323-1851-151) Configuration - Fault Management - OSIC/ISS/SLIC10
Bandwidth and Module (323-1851-102.4)
Latency Data Services
Specifications Replacement
Parts 1, 2 and 3 (323-1851-545)
(323-1851-170) (323-1851-320) Broadband/SMUX
OTN FLEX MOTR
Pluggable Fault Management - (323-1851-102.5)
Datasheets Configuration - SNMP
and Reference Control Plane (323-1851-740)
(323-1851-180) (323-1851-330) Photonic Equipment
(323-1851-102.6)
Fault Management -
TL-1 Description Customer Visible
(323-1851-190) Data and Layer 2
Logs
(323-1851-102.7)
(323-1851-840)
Site Manager for
6500 and CPL OTN I/F, PKT I/F, &
Fundamentals PKT/OTN I/F
(323-1851-195) (323-1851-102.8)

SAOS-based Command Fault and MIB

Configuration
Packet Services Reference Performance Reference
(323-1851-630)
Documentation (323-1851-610) (323-1851-650) (323-1851-690)

6500 Photonic 6500 Data 6500 / 5400 Common

Layer Guide Application Guide Interworking Solution Photonic Layer
Supporting (NTRN15DA) (NTRN15BA) (323-1851-160) Technical Publications
Documentation
Submarine Networking 6500 Control Plane Universal AC Rectifier Network Interworking
Application Guide Application Guide Application Note Guide
(NTRN72AA) (NTRN71AA) (009-2012-900) (NTCA68CA)

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Introduction 1-

This chapter provides an overview of the capabilities architected on the Ciena

6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500) (Table 1-1). The chapters that follow
detail the specific features and functionality available in this release of 6500.

Table 1-1
Topics covered in this chapter

Topic Page

6500 general information 1-1

MSPP services 1-7

MSPP services transport 1-9

Broadband services 1-13

Broadband flexibility and cost efficiency 1-13

Photonic services 1-15

OTN transport and switched services 1-16

Hardware-modular architecture 1-16

Network management 1-18

6500 general information

The 6500 combines and extends the advantages of next generation
SONET/SDH and metropolitan dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM)
platforms for converged time division multiplexing (TDM), data, wavelength,
and transparent services transport over a single consolidated multiservice
optical platform.

The 6500 epitomizes a new breed of optical networking platforms for

efficiently aggregating, switching, and managing a mix of global services
ranging from lower speed electrical DS1/E1, DS3/EC-1/E3 private line service
through to high-speed optical OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16,
OC-192/STM-64, and OC-768/STM-256 services. The 6500 is a global

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platform that can be deployed in both SONET and SDH environments.

SONET and SDH protocols are supported on the same circuit pack and are
user provisionable.

Ciena’s 6500 is the first platform in the industry to offer integrated Ethernet,
TDM, and WDM capabilities for aggregation, switching, and transport,
enabling NSPs to simultaneously provision the established services of today
and the high-growth broadband services of tomorrow. The 6500 leverages
Ciena’s technological innovation and sets a new industry benchmark in
network simplification, scalability, flexibility and cost-effectiveness.

The 6500 platform intercepts key OPEX/CAPEX pinch points in existing

networks and simultaneously allows for packet-based migration. The 6500
enables simpler networking with reduced nodes in the metro with its ability to
efficiently address a variety of applications, whether it is for delivering critical
business services with guaranteed service level agreements, scalable triple
play, cost-effective wireless backhaul over Ethernet or copper, international
gateway or even digital cross connect applications. Key deployment examples
are legacy DCS replacement, and combined TDM and Ethernet aggregation
with DWDM amplifier and line applications all off of one platform.

The Converged platform allows the user to scale the system for future growth
without requiring a fork lift upgrade. The 6500 shelves are designed from the
initial release to support Photonic, Broadband, MSPP, Packet, and Data
Applications. In addition, the shelves can support 40G and 100G interfaces.
The backplane is also designed to support applications where OTN switching
is required.

The 6500 is offered in the following variants in terms of the number of

interfaces available:
• 2-slot variant where there are two slots to house optical interfaces.
• 7-slot variant where there are seven slots to house optical interfaces.
• 14-slot variant where there are 14 slots to house optical and/or electrical
interfaces.
• 32-slot variant where there are 32 slots to house optical interfaces.

The key features and benefits of the 6500 in specific applications include:
• SONET/SDH transport
Existing network service provider infrastructure is heavily based on TDM
transport, and NSPs will continue to require transport of TDM services
during their evolution to a data-centric network. The 6500 provides all the
well established SDH functions with excellent densities and flexibility. High
density DS1/E1, DS3/E3, EC-1/STS-1 copper interfaces, modular and per
port selectable OC-3/STM-1, STM-1e, OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16

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with optional DWDM, and OC-192/STM-64 and OC-768/STM-256

interfaces with optional DWDM provide carriers with a robust service
offering and the peace of mind that comes with service forecast tolerance.
Per-port selectable protection schemes offer optimum shelf and capital
expenditure efficiency and flexibility in the restoration schemes as well as
service level agreements being offered. Unrestricted bandwidth
management capabilities on the cross connect result in a more efficient
use of the optical network and prevent premature overlays of equipment
that result from limited grooming capabilities.
• Next generation DCS replacement and Wireless Backhaul
The 6500 offers 80Gbit/s unconstrained non blocking VT1.5/VC12
grooming and switching, which along with its high optical (with short reach
options), DS1/E1 and DS3/E3/STM1e densities in a compact frame, offer
maximum capital and operational expense savings in DCS replacement
and wireless backhaul applications. The 6500 also supports an integrated
48-channel portless transmux interface that provides conversion between
DS3-channelized and E1/DS1 traffic, processing up to 5G of traffic in one
slot, further reducing requirements for external digital cross connect
equipment in the network. Full remote troubleshooting capabilities such as
optical and electrical loopback, and test access capabilities have been
added to the platform to ensure it meets all operational requirements.
• Ethernet Private Line (EPL) for a variety of services such as business
services delivery, Ethernet wholesale, etc.
These interfaces offer a bridge between the TDM transport network and
Ethernet ports by providing the encapsulation of Ethernet packets in
standard Generic Framing Protocol (GFP) frames and the DWDM carrier
infrastructure. A variety of Ethernet interfaces are available - 10/100
BaseT, 100 BaseFX, Gigabit Ethernet (GE), and 10GbE with SFP/XFP
support for reach flexibility. These interfaces also provide key functions
such as the ability to propagate port state information between the
Ethernet and TDM domains and the capability to support sub-rated GFP
ports. Given the prevalence of these interfaces in the business services
delivery area, the IEEE 802.3ah EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) standard
is supported. This allows customer located demarc devices to be remotely
managed and monitored without having to manage these devices as
distinct network elements. Finally, Ethernet and TDM performance
measurements are available to provide clear customer demarcation and
proof of Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance, enabling top-notch
customer service by the service provider. For high bandwidth consumer
service applications, such as Video on Demand (VoD), efficient transport
is provided through native 10 GE LAN PHY interfaces.

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• Ethernet Aggregation services

A key aspect of the enabling of a transition to a packet-based transport
infrastructure is the ability to achieve aggregation / statistical muxing on
packet interfaces. The 6500 was one of the first platforms on the market
to introduce this capability. Layer 2 switching capabilities are now available
on 6500 with two basic types of interfaces – both of which are MEF
certified. Firstly, the Layer 2 service switch (L2SS) provides excellent
Ethernet QoS and traffic management functionality on a per customer flow
basis and allows the delivery of services with stringent SLAs. Very
granular customer flows of as low as 64 kbps can be supported. Secondly,
the 6500 has a Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) interface which allows
Ethernet switching over a packet based ring which forms a geographically
distributed Ethernet bridge. The RPR offering is standards compliant with
the latest RPR standards (IEEE 802.17 and IEEE 802.17b). The card has
the same basic traffic management capabilities as the L2SS card outlined
above.
• Edge broadband service switch
The wide set of client service interfaces offered by the 6500, in terms of
density, optical reach, rate flexibility, and protocol variety enables
deployment of a diverse set of services. In particular, the 6500
standards-based edge service adaptation functionality for the efficient
transport of optical broadband services (10/100/1000 Mbit/s Ethernet, FC,
FICON, and transparent services) combined with platform integrated OBS
service management support functions enable widespread deployment of
differentiated high-capacity data transport services. The 6500 supports a
mixture of SONET, SDH, and SDH-J ports on the same network element
to allow for gateway configurations.
• Ethernet Virtual Private LAN or multicast/broadcast video distribution
applications
Because they both support any-to-any connectivity, the L2SS and RPR
interfaces can also be used for Ethernet Virtual Private LAN or
multicast/broadcast video distribution applications, bringing the same
values of statistical muxing, Ethernet QoS and traffic management to
these applications. For video broadcast applications, Ciena also offers
carrier-grade resiliency with Ethernet Private Line drop and continue
capability that supports unique (Ciena in-house design) equipment and
facility protection.

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• Ethernet over PDH

A very large amount of carrier revenue today is still derived from
PDH-based access such as DS1/E1 and DS3/E3. However, these access
medias typically require the use of SDH for transport and the use of
expensive channelized interfaces at the head-end. The 6500 platform has
a built-in gateway function which allows the termination of a large number
of PDH interfaces with Ethernet payloads. This provides the carrier with
the ability to use Ethernet, Ethernet over SDH or Ethernet over DWDM
interfaces which do not require channelization and can be processed at
Ethernet cost points. With the 6500 PDH Gateway interface, NSPs can
cost-effectively start delivering Ethernet services over their existing
PDH-based (T1/E1/T3/E3) private line copper access infrastructures,
without requiring any upgrades to the already deployed access network.
The PDH Gateway is based upon industry standard GFP (Generic
Framing Procedure), VCAT (Virtual Concatenation), and LCAS (Link
Capacity Adjustment Scheme) technologies that can interoperate with any
standards-compliant CLE. The PDH Gateway card is able to terminate
hundreds of CLE devices on a single 6500 network element thus offering
a highly scalable and cost-effective solution for carriers to extend their
metro Ethernet service footprint and deliver Ethernet to customers who
need bandwidth in the range of 1Mb/s to 50Mb/s, including bundled T1/E1
links. The fact that the Ethernet service is going over the existing
T1/E1/T3/E3 leased lines, the access network is completely transparent to
the end customer – the user is simply enjoying native Ethernet
connectivity with the Quality of Service that the user needs and demands.
• E-line Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) service
EVPL can provide the same fully transparent behavior as EPL but with
Ethernet port aggregation as an added advantage compared to EPL.
EVPL provides the same transparency in a bookended solution where the
network is GE to GE. EVPL is multiplexing 100FX, 10GE, or GE UNI ports
with Tx conditioning into a 10Gbps NNI port (Ethernet or OTN), hence the
Virtual part of EVPL. EVPL does not provide full transparency of frames
unlike EPL, and is hence similar to Frame Relay (FR) Permanent Virtual
Circuits (PVC). EVPL due to service multiplexing is like a shared
connection. SLAs comparable to ATM or FR are possible, but are not
strong SLAs due to shared medium characteristics. EVPL provides the
same SLA guarantees as ATM and Frame Relay. EVPLs are point-to-point
circuits separated via VLANs, whereas ATM and Frame Relay are
point-to-point circuits separated via other frame/cell header information.
EVPL provides rich bandwidth profiles for EVCs as compared to the single
bandwidth profile of EPL. Internet access and disaster recovery are two
promising applications with this service type. Online video gaming and
data-center are also being implemented using EVPL.

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• OTM2 (OTU2/ODU2) services

The 6500 supports the transport of OTU2/ODU2 broadband services.
Every broadband line facing interface supports either OTU2/ODU2 (10G),
OTU3/ODU3 (40G), or OTU4/ODU4 (100G) rate.
• Ethernet over OTN: OTM0 (ODU0) and OTM1 (OTU1/ODU1) services
The 6500 supports the aggregation of ODU0/GbE client or other low-rate
services into an OTM1 (OTU1/ODU1) or OTM2 (OTU2/ODU2) container
for transport. In addition, the aggregation of OTM1 (OTU1/ODU1) client
services into an OTM2 (OTU2/ODU2) payload for transport can be
performed.
• 40G and100G services
Ciena’s 40G and 100G solutions provide massive scalability by allowing
the service providers to cost effectively increase the network capacity to
40 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s. The following advantages are expected when
deploying the 6500 40G and 100G services:
— no network re-engineering
— leverage existing 10 Gbit/s networks
— no dispersion compensation modules
— no optical PMD compensator required
— deployable over any fiber plant (old or new)
— fits into existing operational paradigm
— extends the reach to 2000 km leveraging Ciena’s eDCO technology
• DWDM infrastructure
Compensation for chromatic dispersion in the optical layer is performed in
one of several ways, depending upon the circuit packs used. eDCO10G
circuit packs compensate for chromatic dispersion with Tx
pre-compensation using the TR control feedback loop. eDC40G and
eDC100G circuit packs compensate for chromatic dispersion in the Rx
(post-compensation). With eDCO10G, eDC40G, and eDC100G, each
wavelength can compensate for up to +/- 50000 ps/nm of chromatic
dispersion. For instance, with standard single mode fiber (SMF) at 17
ps/nm-km, no chromatic dispersion penalty in the transmission link is seen
before roughly 2000 km. All other DWDM interface hardware requires the
use of fixed DSCM modules to compensate for chromatic dispersion and
typically support Tx pre-chirping as well. The 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD,
and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs can compensate for chromatic
dispersion in Tx (pre-compensation) and/or Rx (post-compensation). With
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs,
each wavelength can compensate for up to +/- 80000 ps/nm of chromatic
dispersion.

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Available client OCI interfaces can transparently map different types of

services into the G.709 OTN framed line rate associated with broadband
DWDM eDCO10G, eDC40G, eDC100G, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, and
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD interfaces. A non-exhaustive list of service types
supported include:
• OC-192/STM-64
• OC-768/STM-256
• 10GbE
• 40GbE
• 100GbE
• ODU2
• ODU3
• ODU4
• FC800
• FC1200

The 6500 offers the following services in this release:

• Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) services
• Broadband services
• Photonic services
• Converged MSPP, Broadband, and Photonic services
• Layer 2 (L2) services
• Packet Optical Transport System (POTS) services including OTN
transport and switched services and PKT transport and switched services

MSPP services
The 6500 can be configured to add value to various network applications that
span across the customer access space through the metro or regional core
network. The principal 6500 target applications are Metro inter-office (IOF)
and regional core transport where the 6500 is capable of readily scaling its
transport capacity to support core networking between metro and regional
service aggregation COs with multi-fiber connections at 2.5 Gbit/s and 10
Gbit/s line rates through its integrated long range optics, including DWDM
compatible interfaces. In addition, the 6500 provides various sophisticated
standards-based protection options such as control plane-based mesh
networking support that complies with the more stringent and efficient
protection and restoration requirements for core networking across the
backbone.

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The 6500 fully interworks with the current Ciena optical portfolio as depicted
in Figure 1-1. This interworking capability is ensured through careful attention
to optical layer design, service implementation technology details, network
management consistency and detailed interoperation testing.

Figure 1-1
6500 application overview (example)

Access Edge Core

10/100Base-T OM3/4K Scalable VT1.5/ Cost effective10Gbps

100Base-FX VC-12 switching Metro and NE consolidation
GE/FC UPS
R/S
NCP N x 2.5/10G BLSR/
FR /1+1 MS-SPRing Mesh
ATM OM3500
DS1/E1 UPSR/SNCP/1+1
DS3/E3/EC1
10GE bda
6500
Lam 6500 32-slot /
100GE Nx
TPT Optical Cross Connect
6500 Photonic HDX/HDXc
ESCON 565/5100/5200 System /
FC Transparent mapping Common
FICON into SONET/SDH Photonic Layer
OTU2 network
OTU3 Service management, assurance and performance reporting
OTU4
OC-3/STM-1
OC-12/STM-4
OC-48/STM-16
OC-192/STM-64
OC-768/STM-256 (Subtending equipment)
Converged "Connectivity Services" (Layer 0-2) network
Combining established and future services while leveraging current infrastructure

The 6500 integrates high-speed metro and regional core networking long
reach optical interfaces, thereby obviating the need to deploy specialized core
networking transport ADMs. The 6500 supports multiple 2.5 Gbit/s
(OC-48/STM-16) or 10 Gbit/s (OC-192/STM-64) line rate rings or
point-to-point connections for core networking applications.

The 6500 can be deployed as the fiber access head end mux to Ciena’s
market leading Multiservice Platforms. In addition, subtending 6500 shelves,
that may either be collocated with the CO head-end 6500 or situated remotely
at a customer site, can be used as scalable aggregation points for mixed
optical and electrical service access. These service aggregation 6500s would

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use smaller cross-connect fabrics feeding aggregated services into a 6500

with a larger cross-connect fabric through multiple OC-3/STM-1,
OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64 interfaces as the uplink.

The suite of 6500 supported optical interfaces include DWDM and CWDM
optics for scalable high-capacity core networking even in fiber constrained
environments.

In applications where there is a need to hand-off traffic to the Optical Cross

Connect HDX/HDXc, or other optical switch or DCS for service connectivity
management, the 6500 provides the option for highly cost-effective short
reach optical interfaces or high density electrical interfaces. This flexibility of
interconnection interface types enables service providers to choose the most
economical solution for each given traffic scenario.

MSPP services transport

The 6500 provides various service interfaces to efficiently adapt and transport
emerging optical broadband services, including;
• optical Ethernet (OE) connectivity
• optical storage connectivity
• wavelength services

The 6500 provides these capabilities with standards-based technology for

edge service adaptation that leverages the strength of Ciena’s end-to-end
solutions portfolio.

The 6500 platform is architected to support 10/100Base-T, 100Base-FX, and

GE interfaces. These Ethernet interfaces can connect through the STS fabric,
the Layer 2 (L2) switching matrix, RPR, and PDH gateway to provide Ethernet
connectivity services. The services which can be offered include:
• Ethernet private line (EPL)
• Ethernet L2 VPN
• Ethernet point-to-multi-point aggregation
• Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Private LAN
• Ethernet over copper (PDH Gateway)

The 6500 is architected to support efficient point-to-point Ethernet services

and Fibre Channel Storage Area Network extension services through the
Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT), and Link
Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) standards.

Point-to-point optical broadband services

The 6500-based implementation for point-to-point Ethernet and storage
connectivity services uses the GFP, VCAT, LCAS and OTN standards.

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GFP provides an efficient mechanism for GE and FC transport over a

SONET/SDH core network and efficiently maps varying client signals into
SONET/SDH frames. GFP mapping enables efficient network resource
utilization with low overhead requirements, and limited over-provisioning with
VCAT. End-to-end framing provides demarcation for the GE signal, and
enables consistent SONET/SDH based performance monitoring (PM) through
the network. Since the GE is mapped into SONET/SDH frames, the existing
core network can transport the Ethernet frames transparently.

Management features available for the GFP are the client payload type, and
GFP frame sequence check. All of the client management frames will be
supported which will enable alarming on far end status, GFP loss of frame
delineation, or service mismatch. The VCAT can be alarmed on
loss-of-multi-frame, sequence mismatch, and loss of alignment.

These same interfaces will also support Fibre Channel. Each port can be
provisioned as either GE or Fibre Channel and will be supported with GFP
over SONET/SDH frames.

The 6500 also supports Virtual Concatenation (ITU-T G.707 compliant) with
support at the VT1.5-nv, VT2-nv, STS1-nv, and STS3c-nv SONET rates as
well as VC11-nv, VC12-nv, VC3-nv, and VC4-nv SDH rates. Up to 108 ms of
differential delay is supported (dependent on circuit pack type).

Along with VCAT, the 6500 also supports value added capabilities such as soft
protection with Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS - G.7042). LCAS
has been specifically developed to overcome static link provisioning. It
enables service providers to efficiently offer dynamically-allocated bandwidth
as well as hitless throttling of the capacity of a VCAT link (or Virtual
Concatenated Group) by adding or removing STSs or VCs as required.

LCAS provides a soft protection and load-sharing mechanism to automatically

decrease the link capacity if an STS or VC path experiences a failure and
automatically increases the link capacity when the network fault is repaired.
This capability provides an extra level of network and service resiliency by
facilitating the support of service level agreements (SLA) through graceful
service degradation when necessary. In particular, during network and
service restoration LCAS can support hitless bandwidth expansion and
contraction thereby reducing service interruptions in the event of network
failure and easing network operations and maintenance actions.

The 6500 also support the ability to encapsulate GE and lower rate Ethernet
100 Mb/s traffic into ODU0 containers for aggregation into an ODU1/OTU1.
Further flexibility allows the add/drop of ODU0 containers in an ADM
application. For instance, on an OTU1 line, one ODU0 in the OPU1 can drop
to a client while the other ODU0 can passthrough to another OTU1 line.

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TDM switching
In the 6500 architecture, traffic is switched between port circuit packs with the
cross-connect circuit packs. Two cross-connect circuit packs are used to
provide redundant equipment protection. All ingress port circuit pack traffic is
mapped into VT1.5/VC11, VT2/VC12, or STS1/VC-3/4 containers and
directed towards the cross-connect circuit pack which is configured to switch
the incoming traffic to the appropriate egress port circuit pack. The
cross-connect circuit pack allows any input channel to be connected to any
output channel. Using this basic functionality, the system can support diverse
connection and protection configurations.

The 6500 platform has been designed to support several different switch
fabrics which include an 80 Gbit/s STS1/VC3 matrix, an 80 Gbit/s VT1.5/VC12
matrix, a 160 Gbit/s STS1/VC3 matrix, a 240 Gbit/s STS1/VC3, and a 640
Gbit/s STS1/VC3. The architecture of the 6500 has been designed to scale
beyond this switching capacity in the future in response to market demand.

Layer 2 switching
The 6500 is architected to support Layer 2 Service Switch (L2SS and PDH
gateway) series of circuit packs to help aggregate and switch Ethernet
services. The L2SS will work into both the STS-1/VC-3 and VT1.5/VC-12
cross-connect circuit packs for GFP mapped Ethernet, which could be
provided by the 6500, OM3000, and 565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced Services
Platform Ethernet Private Line (EPL) circuit packs. The L2SS circuit packs
also support native Ethernet interfaces for switching directly into the transport
network including 802.3ah support for head end integration of the OME1000
series of products. Designed for carrier grade reliability, manageability,
broadband data rates, and service flexibility, the L2SS series of circuit packs
provide a strong Ethernet services and infrastructure solution for IP, Ethernet
Private LANs, Ethernet VPNs, Ethernet Virtual Private Lines, Triple Play
Services, and Internet access solutions.

With the L2SS series of circuit packs, Ciena continues its technology direction
to support Ethernet over GFP for transport over SONET/SDH as
demonstrated in our 6110, 6130, 6150, OM3000, OM4000, and 565, 5100,
and 5200 Advanced Services product lines. The L2SS will also support virtual
and contiguous concatenation as well as LCAS (for VCAT) in order to ensure
that packet traffic is most efficiently, reliably, and deterministically carried over
the transport network. The L2SS circuit packs will evolve by supporting
stacked VLAN switching, stacking, popping, MAC Switching, Distributed LAG,
and Resilient Packet Ring for immense scale and availability. The L2SS circuit
packs support both Ethernet UNI (User-to-Network interfaces) such as VLAN
and raw Ethernet as well as Ethernet NNI (Network-to-Network Interfaces)
with stacked VLAN and includes point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, and
any-to-any logical topologies.

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The Layer 2 Multiplexer Optical Transponder (L2 MOTR) 2x10G XFP 10xSFP
(as SFP ports support more than GE) is a packet-aware optical transport
module, similar to an Ethernet private line card with an awareness of
switching, aggregation, and Quality of Service (QoS) functionality. The
L2 MOTR circuit pack integrates packet awareness within traditional optical
transport network elements and operates at Layer 2 (Data Link Layer). The L2
MOTR circuit pack supports E-LINE, E-LAN Layer 2 switched services and
E-LINE Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) services.

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide,

NTRN15BA, for detailed information on data concepts, applications, and
engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.

Layer 2 RPR
As defined by the IEEE 802.17-2004 Std and IEEE 802.17b, RPR is a ring
based technology that enables bandwidth sharing, high reliability, and network
simplicity across multiple Ethernet ports for efficient transport of packets. RPR
Ethernet circuit packs are offered for private LAN applications and as efficient
Ethernet switched backhaul for Ethernet VPN and IP traffic. These circuit
packs allow for the sharing of STS/VC bandwidth amongst multiple nodes and
allow for any-any connectivity. Virtual LANs can share RPR ring bandwidth
using Traffic Domain Identifier (TDI) labels. These labels are similar to VLAN
tags but provide greater flexibility and scalability. RPR ring bandwidth can be
allocated at the STS12c/VC4-4c, and STS48c/VC4-16c, STS1-nV/VC3-nV
(n=3 to 96), and STS3c-nv/VC4-nv (n=1 to 32) levels. RPR is a key technology
within the 6500 Layer 2 switching solution.

Ciena’s market leading RPR technology has been successfully demonstrated

and deployed on the Optical Metro 3500 platform with many customers. Refer
to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide, NTRN15BA, for
detailed information on data concepts, applications, and engineering rules
supported in this release of 6500.

G.8032 ERP/ITU G.8032 (2008) Ethernet Shared Protection Ring

G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protocol (G.8032 ERP) is an ethernet protection ring
solution that provides a technically simple, cost efficient, and scalable solution
to provide rapid service restoration that delivers SDH or SONET grade
resiliency at the cost of ethernet.

Ciena’s G.8032 ERP mechanism has been standardized in G.8032.

ERP extends the capabilities of the G.8032 Ethernet ring protocol, while still
retaining multi-vendor interoperability. G.8032 ERP-based networks have the
following properties:
• supports multiple services types and applications
• provides inter-working with other network protection solutions (e.g.,
PBB-TE, SPB/SPBB, MPLS/IP, PBB)

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• provides inter-ring protection switching

• supports flexible deployment models in access, metro, and core network
segments
• supports optimal ring bandwidth utilization
Broadband services
Ciena has developed interface modules for the 6500 platform which enable
service providers to install systems that span in excess of 2000 km without
Distributed Raman Amplification before optical electrical optical (OEO)
conversion is required. This capability is offered with electronically
compensating optics using eDCO 10G technology (which compensates for
chromatic dispersion with NGM Tx pre-compensation using the TR control
feedback loop), eDC40G or eDC100G technology (which compensate for
chromatic dispersion in the Rx (post-compensation) and Wavelogic 3
technology (which compensate for chromatic dispersion in the Tx and/or Rx).

The real added value of the Broadband interfaces is based on its ability to
provide per wavelength dispersion compensation, which eliminates the need
for in-line dispersion slope compensation modules (DSCM) and their
associated additional amplification requirements. This dramatic innovation
has several advantages:
• 10G, 40G, and 100G transport with no bulk-DCM in the line, dramatically
reducing the cost of 10G, 40G, and 100G DWDM transport
• Enables wavelength agility throughout the network
• Provides a day one DWDM optical layer that does not need to be
engineered with a complex DSCM design
• Facilitates the deployment of wavelengths without the need to make any
changes to the DWDM optical layer

Broadband flexibility and cost efficiency

The Broadband interfaces are equipped with the eDCO technology on the line
side of the interface. The eDCO capabilities of the 6500 platform provide the
following benefits:
• Per-lambda, dynamic dispersion management, enabling an agile,
optical-branching network
• Automated dispersion control for rapid wavelength turn-up
• Real-time performance optimization on each wavelength
• Dispersion management in mixed fiber-type networks
• Avoidance of costly bulk dispersion compensators and their associated
amplification
• Pay-as-you-grow dispersion management with low installed first cost

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Further to dispersion management capabilities, eDCO technology also

introduces a Ciena strong FEC that virtually allows error-free transmission in
all network applications, and can be leveraged to increase link budgets of the
required network services. The Ciena strong FEC (also known as Product
FEC or PFEC) is implemented as part of a functionally standardized OTU2V,
OTU3V or OTU4V frame which uses the same overhead byte allocation as the
OTU2, OTU3 or OTU4 respectively, but uses an alternative FEC scheme.
PFEC provides a greater coding gain than is possible with the standardized
RS8 FEC algorithm, and hence provides a better link-budget performance.

Ciena 100G WaveLogic 3 and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLDs support a

soft-decision FEC algorithm (known as QFEC) which is different than the
hard-decision FEC algorithms supported on other 6500 Broadband circuit
packs like PFEC, SCFEC or RS8. QFEC provides a higher coding gain benefit
than is possible even with PFEC.

Attention: The RS8 FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.709 RS-8.
SCFEC FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.975 I.4.
UFEC FEC algorithm is also known as ITU-T G.975 I.7.

The architecture of 6500 offers an optimized reach solution pushing the OEO
(Optical-Electrical-Optical) boundary further out.

This is all based on electronically compensating optics

• eDCO 10G technology (which compensates for chromatic dispersion with
NGM Tx pre-compensation using the TR control feedback loop) and/or
• eDC40G or eDC100G technology (which compensates for chromatic
dispersion in the Rx (post-compensation).
• Wavelogic 3 technology which compensates for chromatic dispersion in
the Tx and/or Rx

To facilitate optical interworking and optical service transparency, 6500

eDCO10G (NGM), eDC40G OCLD, eDC100G OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3
OCLD, and 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD line interfaces are architected to
support ITU-T optical transport network (OTN) G.709 line format.

The 40G and 100G Broadband interfaces address the needs of many global
carriers for more bandwidth across existing networks and fibers and provides:
• the ability to leverage existing DWDM network equipment without
re-engineering the network
• tunable laser to reduce sparing costs and equipment management
complexity

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• G.709 wrapper and FEC

• dispersion and PMD compensation for reduced network costs
• latency optimization to reduce the optical link latency

Photonic services
The 6500 platform provides a single integrated shelf which is able to support
Layer 1 and Layer 2 service interfaces (SONET/SDH, Ethernet,
Fiber-Channel, etc.) and photonic layer (Layer 0) functionality (including
ROADM and wavelength services). Consolidation of hardware and software
generates savings for providers as well as lower operational expenditures.
The 6500 provides customers a photonic line solution that bridges edge and
core applications while pushing the technology envelope to bring the most
cost effective, scalable, and above all, flexible solution that the market requires
to meet ongoing competitive pressures. The guiding principles for the support
of Photonic services in 6500 are:
• a cost-optimized, scalable design that provides the lowest possible first in
cost, with a clear path to a lower full-fill cost and minimized operational
expenditures
• an optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM)-centric platform that is WSS
based for per wavelength access and branching
• flexibility to deploy a wide range of systems including those with fully
automated channel addition or deletion capabilities or alternatively
low-cost passive systems that do not employ any automation
• a platform capable of supporting both edge and core dense wavelength
division multiplexing (DWDM) applications
• a platform that provides one of the richest optical layer performance
monitoring tools on the market.

The support for Photonic services in 6500 provides a next-generation DWDM

optical line solution that aims to greatly simplify installation, deployment and
capacity addition/deletion and operations throughout the platform lifetime. It
provides the foundation to turn-up end-to-end wavelength services rapidly
through automated control and a rich suite of optical layer performance
monitoring capabilities.

Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA,

for detailed information on Photonic concepts, applications, and engineering
rules supported in this release of 6500.

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OTN transport and switched services

OTN (also known as G.709 or digital wrapper) is an industry-standard optical
transport protocol and is intended to promote network evolution beyond
SONET/SDH and provides simple transition to 40G and 100G transmission
speeds. OTN is also purpose-built for packet optical and wavelength-based
transport.

Some of the key benefits of OTN transport and switched services include:
• Transparency
— bit stream and timing transparency
— mixing of asynchronous and synchronous signal types in a single
wavelength
— full rate 10GE on ~10G interface
• Carrier grade performance monitoring and alarms
— adding PM and fault isolation capabilities to Async data services
where these capabilities are lacking (e.g. GE, FC, ESCON)
• Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM)
• Multi-protocol Convergence - one technology to transparently transport
many services such as:
— SONET/SDH
— PDH
— IP/Ethernet including full rate GE
— FC/ESCON
• Density within wavelength multiplexing and between wavelength
multiplexing (DWDM)
• Distance: built in FEC for improved effective BER
Hardware-modular architecture
Ciena has introduced new service flexibility by making the 6500 a
service-independent platform that interworks with Ciena and foreign
(non-Ciena) DWDM wavelengths from other vendors’ multiservice
provisioning platform (MSPP), Broadband (BB), OTN,
optical-electrical-optical (OEO) or optical cross-connect (OXC) devices.

The Photonic service of 6500’s modular architecture provides optimized

network configurations by using different Photonic circuit packs and modules.

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Control Plane
This release of 6500 supports control plane on SONET/SDH and OTN
interfaces. This release of 6500 also supports Photonics Layer 0 Control
Plane.

Control Plane enables users to provision a system where the signal between
two end points will be protected for as long as there is a path through the
network between the original end points. Ciena's Optical Signaling and
Routing Protocol (OSRP) is used to ensure that there is always a path
available that can be used for signal restoration/protection.

Control Plane results in OPEX saving by bringing the following values to

network operators:
• rapid as well as single point of provisioning connections
• restoration instead of (or in addition to) protection
After the operator specifies the source and destination end points as well as
the bandwidth requirements and service class, Control Plane calculates the
most optimal route for the connection and then creates and manages the
connection in the network, as well as taking care of restoring the connection
from one or multiple failures.

Attention: Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Control Plane

Application Guide, NTRN71AA, for detailed information on Control Plane
concepts, applications, and engineering rules supported in this release of
6500.

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Network management
The 6500 is managed as an integral part of Ciena’s market proven end-to-end
optical portfolio management capabilities. This framework is architected to
support sophisticated and highly customizable desktop applications providing
centralized topology view and fault management, centralized launch pad for a
full suite of management applications, easy-to-use nodal managers, and
seamless network element reach-through for Ciena’s complete optical
networks portfolio. These capabilities are supported by Ciena’s OneControl
Unified Management System, which provides a single solution for network
and service management capabilities across the portfolio of Ciena’s Ethernet,
Transport, and Switching services. By providing a single, central platform that
works in concert with several otherwise separate Ciena Element Management
Systems (EMSes), OneControl provides a consistent look and feel for
monitoring and management. OneControl’s Manager for 6k, OM5k and CPL
offers a comprehensive and scalable element management system for Ciena
optical network elements, including the 6500. The 6500 is aligned with
OneControl Release 4.0 (when 6500 network element is running 10.0
software) or 4.1 (when 6500 network element is running 10.05 software).

Site Manager provides complete nodal management that can be integrated

into a centralized-network wide view through the Optical Application platform.
Additionally, open OSS interfaces such as TL1, TMF814, and SNMP ensure
a smooth fit into existing OSS systems and processes. The 6500 TL1 is built
to the Telecordia SR (Special Report)-1665 standards.

The 6500 also supports simple network management protocol (SNMP) which
is an application-layer protocol that provides a way to monitor and manage
networking devices. In an SNMP network, a management station (known as
the SNMP manager) sends set or get messages to a networking device
(known as the SNMP agent). The messages allow the SNMP manager to
change or retrieve fields in the agent’s database of networking information,
known as a management information base (MIB).

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Network planning tools

The 6500 uses OnePlanner as the main planning tool. OnePlanner is a
network design, modeling, planning and link engineering tool for modeling
6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500) networks. OnePlanner provides users
with the ability to plan converged SONET/SDH, OTN, and packet network
designs using a single tool. OnePlanner simplifies the tasks of designing,
modeling, analyzing, and engineering optical links in a network by automating
the most difficult aspects of these tasks within a visual framework.
OnePlanner provides different views of the same design, allowing you to view
and design your network in layers. OnePlanner provides network planners
with a range of capabilities for optical network design and optimization to
ensure that design requirements are met and that potential failure and
recovery scenarios can be modeled without affecting live networks.
OnePlanner features the ability to import network data from live networks.

This release of 6500 is aligned with OnePlanner Release 2.0.

Photonic Network Capture (PNC)

The Photonic Network Capture (PNC) application allows users to extract
photonic layer provisioning information from deployed 6500 networks
managed by OneControl or Optical Manager Element Adapter (OMEA) (also
known as Integrated OMEA).

The photonic layer provisioning information is converted to a file format which

can be viewed or edited using a PNC Client, allowing users to determine the
photonic equipment and settings in the network. Users can also run link
engineering (LE) functions to validate networks, enhance the network design,
or both.

Photonic Network Capture includes a Web Client that allows the user to view
historic network capture information from previously taken captures and
compare it to that of a baseline capture, the previous capture, or the data
trend.

This release of 6500 is aligned with PNC Release 4.1.

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This chapter provides a brief overview of the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform

(6500) features.
• Table 2-1 on page 2-2 lists the hardware features supported as of 6500
Release 10.0/10.05 software release. Table 2-2 lists the software features
supported as of 6500 Release 10.0/10.05 software release.
• Table 2-3 on page 2-16 lists the features supported in 6500 from
Release 9.0 to Release 9.32.
• Table 2-4 on page 2-28 lists the features supported in 6500 from
Release 6.0 to Release 8.1.
• Table 2-5 on page 2-38 lists the features supported in 6500 from
Release 5.0 to Release 5.3.
• Table 2-6 on page 2-47 lists the features supported in 6500 from
Release 1.2 to Release 4.01.

For more information about these features, see the appropriate reference in
this guide.

This chapter also provides circuit pack support on the various 6500 shelf types
starting on page 2-86.

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Table 2-1
Summary of new hardware features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05
Order Code Topic Release Release Reference for more
10.0 10.05 information
Bay, shelf, and shelf components
Shelf
NTK503RA 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly Yes Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
page 3-5
Cooling system and air filter
NTK507QA Cooling Fan Module for 6500-7 Yes Yes “Air flow directions and
packet-optical shelf cooling configurations”
NTK509ER Air Filter for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf Yes Yes on page 3-69

Common equipment/circuit packs/cards

NTK505CC 50A Power Input Card (breakered) - 2-Wire Yes Yes Common Equipment,
D-Sub Input 323-1851-102.1
NTK505EC Fused Power Input Card - 2-Wire D-Sub Yes Yes
Input, Max 50A
NTK505JA Access Panel for 6500-7 packet-optical Yes Yes
shelf
NTK615BA X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit Yes Yes
pack
NTK616BA X-Conn 3200G PKT/OTN Type 2 circuit Yes Yes
pack
NTK509CS 6500-7 packet-optical shelf front cover Yes Yes “Shelf cover” on page
3-62
Cables and accessories
NTK505JZ Female DB9 to wire wrap adapter (Type 2) Yes Yes Planning - Ordering
NTK509CT 6500-7 packet-optical Shelf Front Cover Kit Yes Yes Information,
w/Extended Depth 323-1851-151

NTK509JU Bracket and air baffle kit, 6500-7 Yes Yes

packet-optical shelf, ETSI rack, front or
rear exhaust, 515 mm center-to-center
mounting holes, 50/100 mm setback, 25
mm hole pitch
NTK509JV Bracket and air baffle kit, 6500-7 Yes Yes
packet-optical shelf, 23-inch rack, rear
exhaust, 567 mm center-to-center
mounting holes, 100/127 mm setback, EIA
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Summary of new hardware features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05
Order Code Topic Release Release Reference for more
10.0 10.05 information
NTK509PF Bracket Kit, 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, Yes Yes Planning - Ordering
19-inch rack, 465 mm center-to-center Information,
mounting holes, 100/127 mm setback, EIA 323-1851-151
hole pitch
NTZF99XJ Bracket and air baffle kit, 6500-7 Yes Yes
packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA), includes
brackets (and air baffles to use as
applicable) for installation in 19-inch, ETSI,
and 23-inch racks
NTZF99XH Bracket and air baffle kit, 6500 2-slot Type Yes Yes
2 shelf (NTK503LA), includes brackets
(and air baffles to use as applicable) for
installation in 19-inch, ETSI, and 23-inch
racks
NTYY99EH 6500-7 packet-optical Packs-in-Place Kit Yes Yes
174-0094-900 1U Bulk Fiber Management Tray Yes Yes
174-0099-900 LC fiber tool kit Yes Yes
NTTC52AAE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 1 meter
NTTC52ABE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 2 meters
NTTC52ACE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 3 meters
NTTC52ADE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 5 meters

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Order Code Topic Release Release Reference for more
10.0 10.05 information
NTTC52AEE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes Planning - Ordering
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC Information,
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable 323-1851-151
trigger, anti-snag device, 7 meters
NTTC52AFE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 10 meters
NTTC52AGE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 13 meters
NTTC52AHE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 15 meters
NTTC52AJE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 20 meters
NTTC52AKE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 25 meters
NTTC52ALE6 Optical patchcord, FPC, LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, Yes Yes
SM, riser, bend insensitive, 42.5 MM LC
boot end to ferrule tip, field removable
trigger, anti-snag device, 30 meters
Broadband optical interface circuit packs
NTK536AB eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ No Yes “Interface circuit pack
NTK536FB eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP No Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Data and Layer 2
Circuit Packs,
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Summary of new hardware features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05
Order Code Topic Release Release Reference for more
10.0 10.05 information
NTK532DE OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP Yes Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.5
NTK528YA Inline Submarine Supervisory (ISS Yes Yes “Interface circuit pack
C-Band) descriptions” on page
3-83
and
40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.4
Optical transport network (OTN) and Packet (PKT) optical interface circuit packs
NTK665AA PKT/OTN XC I/F 100G Yes Yes “Interface circuit pack
NTK667AA PKT/OTN I/F 100G 10xXFP Yes Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
and
OTN I/F, PKT I/F and
PKT/OTN I/F Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.8
SFP+ modules
160-9104-900 10GBASE-ER/FC1200, 1550nm, 40km Yes Yes Part 3 of Planning,
160-9105-900 10GBASE-ZR/FC1200, 1550nm, 80km Yes Yes NTRN10DA

SFP modules
NTK585AC OC-48/STM-16 1529.55 nm SFP Yes Yes Part 3 of Planning,
NTK585AY OC-48/STM-16 1537.40 nm SFP Yes Yes NTRN10DA

NTK585BU OC-48/STM-16 1545.32 nm SFP Yes Yes

NTK585CQ OC-48/STM-16 1553.33 nm SFP Yes Yes
NTK585DL OC-48/STM-16 1561.42 nm SFP Yes Yes
NTTP03BD OC-48/STM-16 SR1/I16.1 1310 nm XCT Yes Yes
Enhanced SFP module
NTTP06CD GE/FC100/FC200 1000-BaseLX 1310 nm Yes Yes
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Order Code Topic Release Release Reference for more
10.0 10.05 information
XFP modules
NTTP84JA Multirate 1471 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes Part 3 of Planning,
XFP NTRN10DA
NTTP84JB Multirate 1491 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JC Multirate 1511 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JD Multirate 1531 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JE Multirate 1551 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JF Multirate 1571 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JG Multirate 1591 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
NTTP84JH Multirate 1611 nm LongHaul ITU CWDM Yes Yes
XFP
CFP modules
160-9113-900 103.1G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, 1310 nm, Yes Yes Part 3 of Planning,
10km NTRN10DA
160-9114-900 103.1G-111.8G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, Yes Yes
1310 nm, 10km
160-9115-900 103.1G-111.8G, 4x25G, WDM, SMF, Yes Yes
1310 nm, 40km
The new part number; NTRU6501SIF has been added to this release. NTRU6501SIF is the
same rack as NTRU6501 but is attached to a cushioned pallet suitable for transport of the rack
(which may have equipment mounted to it) in a vertical position. The NTRU6501SIF part number
is used if any equipment will be mounted into the rack at one site and then re-packaged for
transport to another site. Racks without “SIF” in the part number (i.e. NTRU6501) are shipped in
crates that are suitable for transport of racks that do not have equipment mounted to them. Order
NTRU6501SIF if you are also ordering hot or cold staging services from Ciena.

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Table 2-2
Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

New software features when 6500 network element is running 10.0 or 10.05 software

Photonics Layer 0 Control Plane: • Part 4 of 6500 Planning,

• Distributed Layer 0 control plane utilizing OSRP NTRN10DA

• Autoroute disable • Commissioning and Testing,

323-1851-221
• Single section DOC
• Administration and Security,
• Support for small radius, all viable path network 323-1851-301
• Topology, single-ended call support, restoration • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data Services,
323-1851-320
• Configuration - Control Plane,
323-1851-330
• Parts 1 and 2 of Fault
Management - Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543

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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

eMOTR enhancements: • Part 1 of 6500 Planning,

• L1Sync and Ethernet Sync Message Channel (ESMC) NTRN10DA

• 10GBase-R on XFP • Planning - Ordering

Information, 323-1851-151
• Platform photonic application support
• Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
• Platform SPAP2 support Provisioning and Operating,
• DHCP relay 323-1851-310
• CoS queuing • Parts 1 of Fault Management -
• G.8032 (R-APS) ring enhancement Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543

• D-LAG w/FDB Sync • 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and

SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
• Mated configs with 40G circuit packs 323-1851-102.4
• Auto Negotiation on GE/SFP • Data and Layer 2 Circuit Packs,
• RMON HC-ALARM support 323-1851-102.7
• ETH-OAM enhancements • SAOS-based Packet Services
• Metering enhancement with RCoS Command Reference,
323-1851-610
• SAOS-based Packet Services
Configuration, 323-1851-630
• SAOS-based Packet Services
Fault and Performance,
323-1851-650
• SAOS-based Packet Services
MIB Reference, 323-1851-690

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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

OTN switching enhancements: • Administration and Security,

• 40GE, OC-768, STM-256 client services (40G OCI [NTK529SJ] 323-1851-301
mated with 40G OTN XCIF [NTK620AA]) • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
• ODU3 - connection rate Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Inservice upgrade from 600G --> 1.2T & 1.6T --> 3.2T fabrics
• Part 1 of Configuration -
• UNI-ASNCP (SNC/S @ ODUj rate) Bandwidth and Data Services,
• AMP mapping for SONET/SDH clients (OC-48/192 / STM-16/64) 323-1851-320
• PM enhancements • Fault Management -
Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520
• Fault Management - Module
Replacement, 323-1851-545
• 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.4
• OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN
I/F Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.8

Control Plane OTN enhancements: • Administration and Security,

• ODU3 SNC 323-1851-301

• Make before break • Configuration - Control Plane,

323-1851-330
• Clear blocked bundle behavior
• Parts 1 and 2 of Fault
• Generic endpoint Management - Alarm Clearing,
• Retain home path 323-1851-543
• Bandwidth lockout
• PSNC to SNC conversion
• Regroom of traffic within a link
• OTN Control Plane interworking with 5430 R2.2
• Line flapping alarm
• Optical VPN
• ODU4 links
• Bandwidth threshold
• SNC Name
• Exclusive Home, Preferred Protect Routes DTLSET

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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

Transponder enhancements: • Part 1 of 6500 Planning,

• TPT support on 100G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit pack NTRN10DA
(NTK529AC) when mated with 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD • Planning - Ordering
(NTK539Ux) or Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Bx) circuit Information, 323-1851-151
packs • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
• Post-FEC ODU SD/SF; OTU SD Provisioning and Operating,
• SPLI, SLC and related application enhancements 323-1851-310
• Fault Management -
Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520
• Parts 1 and 2 of Fault
Management - Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543
• Fault Management - Module
Replacement, 323-1851-545
• Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1
• 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.4
• OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN
I/F Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.8

Submarine enhancements: • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -

• Submarine DOC support Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Fault Management - Module
Replacement, 323-1851-545
• 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.4

Photonic enhancements: • Commissioning and Testing,

• Photonics slot sequencing 323-1851-221
• Part 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Part 2 of Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543

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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

(1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack (NTK532DA) enhancements: • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
• Port mapping enhancements Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• 1+1 OTM1 linear protection support
• Part 1 of Configuration -
• SAPI/DAPI support Bandwidth and Data Services,
• CPRI-Option1, CPRI-Option2, CPRI-Option3 323-1851-320
• Tributary slot assignment • Fault Management -
Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520
• Part 2 of Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543
• Fault Management - Module
Replacement, 323-1851-545
• Broadband, SuperMux, and
OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.5

Enhancement on the 8xOTN Flex MOTR circuit pack • Part 1 of Configuration -

(NTK532BAE5) and the integrated OTN Flex MOTR function in Provisioning and Operating,
NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants of 2-slot shelf: 323-1851-310
• SAPI/DAPI support • Fault Management -
• CPRI-Option1, CPRI-Option2, CPRI-Option3 Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520
• Broadband, SuperMux, and
OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.5

4x10G OTR circuit pack (NTK530QM) enhancement: • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -

• Supporting SERF9G8 Provisioning and Operating,
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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5), 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5), • Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
10x10G MUX (NTK529BBE5), and 100G OCI (NTK529AC) circuit NTRN10DA
packs enhancement: • Planning - Ordering
• Supporting 40G and 100G client card back-to-back configurations Information, 323-1851-151
• Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data Services,
323-1851-320
• 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.4

Datacomms enhancements: • Parts 3 and 4 of 6500 Planning,

• OSPF MD5 authentication NTRN10DA

• DCN scalability • Commissioning and Testing,

323-1851-221
• Shelf IP redistribution
• Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
• OSC for shelf interconnect Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1

Commissioning simplification • Commissioning and Testing,

• Node Setup application 323-1851-221

Site Manager enhancements • Site Manager for 6500

• Enhanced Shelf Level View (SLV) Packet-Optical Platform
Release 10.0 Fundamentals,
• JAVA JRE 1.7 323-1851-195
• Commissioning and Testing,
323-1851-221
• Administration and Security,
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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

Equipment/plug AINS • Administration and Security,

323-1851-301
• Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Part 1 of Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543

Pluggable data model extensions • Part 1 of Configuration -

Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310

PEC edit for NTK586xx to NTK585xx • Fault Management - Module

Replacement, 323-1851-545

Support for passive bridge • Commissioning and Testing,

323-1851-221

Alpha-numeric SNC naming • Configuration - Control Plane,

323-1851-330
• Parts 1 and 2 of Fault
Management - Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543

WSS safety enhancement • Part 1 of Fault Management -

Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543
• Commissioning and Testing,
323-1851-221
• Photonics Equipment,
323-1851-102.6

Card Logs application • Site Manager for 6500

Packet-Optical Platform
Release 10.0 Fundamentals,
323-1851-195
• Fault Management – Customer
Visible Logs, 323-1851-840

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Summary of new software features supported as of 6500 Software Release 10.0/10.05

Feature Reference

New software features when 6500 network element is running 10.05 software (not supported in
10.0 software)

Support for eMOTR CLI Proxy in TIDc and Private IP based • Part 4 of 6500 Planning,
networks NTRN10DA
• TL1 Reference (extracted from
TL1 blueprint), 323-1851-190
• Administration and Security,
323-1851-301
• Fault Management - SNMP,
323-1851-740

Support SPLI on 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5), 10x10G MUX • Part 1 of 6500 Planning,
(NTK529BBE5), and 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F (NTK667AA) circuit NTRN10DA
packs

• Support for ODU Signal Degrade condition as a switch reason in • TL1 Reference (extracted from
TPT and 1+1 line protection for 4x10G OTR circuit pack TL1 blueprint), 323-1851-190
(NTK530QA and NTK530QM variants) • Administration and Security,
• Support for ODU Signal Degrade condition as a switch reason in 323-1851-301
TPT, SNCP, and 1+1 OTM1 line protection for (1+8)xOTN Flex • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
MOTR circuit pack (NTK532DA) Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Part 1 of Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing, 323-1851-543
• Broadband, SuperMux, and
OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.5

Far-end SONET Line/SDH Multiplex Section PMs on (1+8)xOTN • Fault Management -

Flex MOTR circuit pack (NTK532DA) Performance Monitoring,
323-1851-520

L1 Sync support for eMOTR with 40G OCLD circuit packs • Planning - Ordering
Note: The NTK536AB and NTK536FB circuit packs are the Information, 323-1851-151
enhanced variants of NTK536AA and NTK536FB eMOTR circuit • Parts 1 and 2 of Configuration -
packs that support line synchronization mode when mating with 40G Provisioning and Operating,
OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs. The 6500 323-1851-310
network element must be running Release 10.05 software (or later • Data and Layer 2 Circuit Packs,
releases) to support line synchronization mode in NTK536AB and 323-1851-102.7
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Feature Reference

eMOTR Ethertype 8100 tagging support • SAOS-based Packet Services

Command Reference,
323-1851-610
• SAOS-based Packet Services
Configuration, 323-1851-630

eMOTR EPL L2 control frame tunneling support in order to achieve • SAOS-based Packet Services
basic MEF certification Command Reference,
323-1851-610
• SAOS-based Packet Services
Configuration, 323-1851-630

NTK583AA/NTK583AB tunable XFP support native 10GE rate on • Part 3 of 6500 Planning,
eMOTR circuit packs NTRN10DA
• Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310
• Pluggable Datasheets and
Reference, 323-1851-180

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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Shelves
6500 14-slot shelf type
14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
page 3-5
6500 32-slot shelf type
32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
(NTK603AB variant) page 3-5
6500 7-slot shelf type
7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
page 3-5
6500 2-slot shelf type
2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
page 3-5
Cooling system
High flow front cooling fan module (type 3) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Air flow directions and
for 14-slot packet-optical shelf type cooling configurations”
High flow rear cooling fan module (type 3) for Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes on page 3-69
14-slot packet-optical shelf type
Common equipment/circuit packs/cards
Breaker interface panel, (4 x10A) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
Breaker Interface Panel, 4x50A Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-102.1
Integrated access panel in shelf processor No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(SPAP) (only in 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf
type)
Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
w/2xOSC 2xSFP (only in 2-slot or 7-slot
optical Type 2 shelf types)
Universal AC Rectifier Solution for No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Refer to the Universal
Packet-Optical Transport AC Rectifier Application
Note for Packet-Optical
Transport,
009-2012-900, for all
information related to
this AC Rectifier
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
2-slot field replaceable power supply unit No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(only in 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf type) 323-1851-102.1
3x60A Power Input Card Type 2 (breakered) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
3x60A Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
4x60A Power Input Card Type 2 (breakered) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
4x60A Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Power Input Card Type 2 (breakered) - No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) - 2-Wire No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
D-Sub Input, Max 50A
AC Power Input Card Type 2 (100 - 240 Vac) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2x50A Power Input Card (breakerless) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Power Input Card (breakerless) - 2-Wire No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
D-Sub Input, Max 10A
24 Vdc Power Input Card (breakered) - No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2-Wire D-Sub Input
AC Power Input Card (100 - 240 Vac) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Shelf processor (SP-2) (NTK555EAE5 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
variant)
Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(only in 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf type)
Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
w/2xOSC 2xSFP (only in 2-slot or 7-slot
optical Type 2 shelf types)
Cross-connect 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (240/0) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
for 14-slot packet-optical shelf type
Cross-connect 240G+ 80G VT1.5/VC-12 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(240/80) for 14-slot packet-optical shelf type
Cross-connect 600G PKT/OTN No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Cross-connect 1600G PKT/OTN No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2150 half-width blank (filler panel) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Filler cards/modules”
2150 full-slot blank (filler panel) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes on page 3-140
2110 blank (filler panel) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
SP upgrade and SP/SP-2 replacement No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
procedures enhancement Module Replacement,
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) optical interface circuit packs
SONET/SDH optical interface circuit packs
1xOC-192/STM-64 VT1.5/LO DWDM No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
L-Band descriptions” on page
8xOC-n/STM-n 5G VT1.5/LO SFP No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
and
OC-n/STM-n Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.3
Broadband optical interface circuit packs
NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
(submarine reach) descriptions” on page
NGM WT 1xOTU2 1x10.7G DWDM No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(submarine reach) and
4x10G OTR 4xXFP/4xSFP+ No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
4x10G OTR 8xXFP No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.5

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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
eDC40G OCLD Wavelength-Selective Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
1xOTU3+ C-Band descriptions” on page
eDC40G OCLD Regional Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band and
eDC40G OCLD Metro Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.4
eDC40G OCLD Submarine Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band
eDC100G OCLD Enh PMD Extended Reach Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band 1xOTU4 DWDM
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enh PMD with No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Long Haul with Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Regional with Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Metro with EDFA Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1xOTU4 C-Band
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium Long Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Long Haul with No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium Long No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
100G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ (NTK536AA No//No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
variant) descriptions” on page
eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP No//No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(NTK536FA variant) and
Data and Layer 2
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.7
Photonic optical interface circuit packs and modules
Fixed gain SLA C-Band circuit pack Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA L-Band) circuit No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
pack 3-83

Midstage Line Amplifier 2 (MLA2 C-Band) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes and

with variable optical attenuator (VOA) circuit Photonics Equipment,
pack 323-1851-102.6
Line Interface Module (LIM L-Band) circuit No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
pack
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 2x1 circuit No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
pack (single slot-wide variant)
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 4x1 circuit No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
pack
WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band 9x1 circuit No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
pack (double slot-wide variant)
WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 circuit pack No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(double slot-wide variant)
Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band) circuit pack
Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Flex C-Band) circuit pack
Upgrade Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(UBMD2) module
Monitor Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(MBMD2) module
Selective Mux/Demux (SMD) 50 GHz Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band 8x1 circuit pack
12 Channel Colorless Mux/Demux Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(CCMD12 C-Band) circuit pack
2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer chassis Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
6-slot passive photonic chassis (PPC6) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
CN-100-x4L and CN-100-x4H 4-channel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
Optical Mux/Demux Filter (OMDF4) 100 3-83
GHz modules and
CN-100-x80 8-channel Optical Mux/Demux Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Photonics Equipment,
Filter (OMDF8) 100 GHz modules 323-1851-102.6
Band splitter 100 GHz modules Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
CN-51S-00 Optical Service Channel Filter Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(1-Ch OSCF CWDM 1511 nm) modules
2110 shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2110 DCM modules (Type 1 and Type 5) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Single Line Raman Amplifier (SRA C-Band) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
w/Optical Service Channel (OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC circuit pack
Service Access Module (SAM C-Band) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
w/Optical Service Channel (OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC circuit pack
Enhanced Service Access Module (ESAM No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band) w/Optical Service Channel (OSC)
1xSFP 10/100 BT WSC circuit pack
Switchable Line Amplifier (XLA C-Band) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
circuit pack
Optical Service Channel (OSC) Filter No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
(1516.9 nm) module
Optical transport network (OTN) and Packet (PKT) optical interface circuit packs
OTN XC I/F 40G No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
OTN I/F Flex 16xSFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
and
OTN I/F, PKT I/F and
PKT/OTN I/F Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.8

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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Optical Protection Switch
4xOptical Protection Switch (4xOPS C-Band No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
1xOPSM2) circuit pack descriptions” on page
2xOptical Protection Switch Module No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(OPSM2 C-Band) and
Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1
SFP modules
Multirate 14xx (or 15xx or 16xx) nm CWDM No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
Multirate 1310 nm, SMF Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
200 Mbps ESCON, 1310 nm, MMF, 2 km Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-1/3/12/STM-0/1/4 SR-1/I-1 I-4, 1310 nm No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-1/3/12/STM-0/1/ IR-1/S-1.1 S-4.1, 1310 No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
nm
OC-1/STM-0 L-0.1, 1310 nm No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1000BASE-BX80-U GE Bidi 80 km No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Upstream, 1490/1550nm Tx/Rx
1000BASE-BX80-D GE Bidi 80 km No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Downstream, 1550/1490nm Tx/Rx
OC-3/STM-1 DWDM 1516.9 nm (12-44 dB No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
span)
SFP+ modules
FC400/FC800, 1310nm No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
Multirate 10GE/OTU2/OC192/FC1200, No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
1310nm, 10km
FC800/10GE/FC1200, 850nm No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
FC200/400/800, 850nm No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
XFP modules
8.5G-10.52G multirate, 850nm, MMF No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
CFP modules
40GBASE-SR4, 4x10G, MMF, 850nm, No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
100m, MPO NTRN10DA
41.2G to 44.6G, 4x10G CWDM, SMF, 1310 No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
nm, 40km
103.1G-111.8G, 4x25G WDM, SMF, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1310nm, 10km
103.1G-111.8G, 10x10G WDM, SMF, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1550nm, 10km
103.1G-111.8G, 10x10G WDM, SMF, 1550 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
nm, 2km
39.8G to 44.6G, 40G Serial, SMF, 1550nm, No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2km
103.1G-111.8G, 10x10G, MMF, 850 nm, No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
100m, MPO
6500 services (in the same shelf)
Packet Optical Transport System (POTS) “6500 services” on
including: page 3-135
OTN transport and switched services No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Packet (PKT) transport and switched No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Configuration and applications
SONET/SDH Control Plane support No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
Configuration - Control
Plane, 323-1851-330
6500 Packet-Optical
Platform Optical
Control Plane
Application Guide
(NTRN71AA)
Site Manager for 6500
Packet-Optical
Platform Release 10.0
Fundamentals
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Part 1 and 2 of Fault
Management - Alarm
Clearing,
323-1851-543
OC-n/STM-n Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.3
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
OTN Control Plane support No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
Configuration - Control
Plane, 323-1851-330
6500 Packet-Optical
Platform Optical
Control Plane
Application Guide
(NTRN71AA)
Site Manager for 6500
Packet-Optical
Platform Release 10.0
Fundamentals
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Part 1 and 2 of Fault
Management - Alarm
Clearing,
323-1851-543
OC-n/STM-n Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.3
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.5
Connection/bandwidth management
Auto-concatenation Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Traffic protection and restoration
ASNCP No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 4)
Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data
Services,
323-1851-320
Part 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Short Term Optical Recovery Mechanism No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
(STORM) Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Performance monitoring
PTP, OTUTTP, ODUTTP, ETTP, STTP, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
WAN Performance
OTMFLEX Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Monitoring,
323-1851-520
FC800 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
SAOS based PMs No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Operational measurements
eMOTR-based port stats in TL-1 and No/No/No/No/No/No/Yes Fault Management -
SAOS-based port and service based stats Performance
Monitoring,
323-1851-520
Troubleshooting tools
Terminal loopbacks (on 40G MUX OCI No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
circuit packs) Platform Data
Terminal loopbacks No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Application Guide,
(on 40G OCLD and Wavelength-Selective NTRN15BA,
40G OCLD circuit packs) Part 1 and Part 2 of
Facility/terminal loopbacks (OTM2) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Configuration -
Provisioning and
100G integrated testset Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Operating,
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Summary of sample features supported in 6500 from Release 9.0 to Release 9.32
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R9.0/9.1/9.2/9.21/9.3/9.31/9.32 information
Autodiscovery
Migration of neighbor discover protocol No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
(NDP) from 4200 to 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
System management
TL1 debug log collection Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
SNMP proxy for TIDc primary shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
802.1ab LLDP Topology discovery for Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD)
alignment
SAOS Command Line Interface (SAOS CLI) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Equipment groups No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
SNMP Proxy for Equipment Group No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Management

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
Shelves
6500 32-slot shelf type
32-slot packet-optical shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
assembly page 3-5
6500 7-slot shelf type
7-slot optical shelf assembly Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
page 3-5
6500 2-slot shelf types
2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex No/No/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
MOTR 8xSFP (DC-powered) page 3-5
2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex No/No/Yes/Yes
MOTR 8xSFP (AC-powered)
Cooling system
Cooling Fan Module for 32-slot Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Air flow directions and
shelf type cooling configurations”
Cooling Fan Module for 7-slot Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes on page 3-69
shelf type
Cooling Fan Module for 2-slot No/No/Yes/Yes
shelf types
Air filter for 32-slot shelf type Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Air filter for 7-slot shelf type Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Air filter for 2-slot shelf types No/No/Yes/Yes
Common equipment/circuit packs/cards
Access Panel for 32-slot shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
type 323-1851-102.1
Access Panel for 7-slot shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
type (only NTK503PAE5
variant)
Integrated access panel (only in No/No/Yes/Yes
2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex
MOTR 8xSFP; DC-powered
and AC-powered types)
32-slot shelf front cover Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf cover” on page
7-slot shelf front cover Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-62

2-slot shelf front cover No/No/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
3x60A Power Input Card - Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(breakered) 323-1851-102.1
3x60A Power Input Card (fused) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Fused Power Input Card - Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 40A
Integrated power supply unit No/No/Yes/Yes
(only in 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN
Flex MOTR 8xSFP;
DC-powered and AC-powered
types)
Shelf processor (SP-2) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(NTK555CAE5 variant)
Shelf processor (SP-2 Dual Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
CPU)
Integrated shelf processor (only No/No/Yes/Yes
in 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex
MOTR 8xSFP; DC-powered
and AC-powered types)
Cross-connect 640G+ Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
STS1/VC-3 (640/0)
2-slot x 2-row filler card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Filler cards/modules”
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) optical interface circuit packs
SONET/SDH optical interface circuit packs
16xOC-n/STM-n 10G Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
STS-1/HO SFP descriptions” on page
16xOC-n/STM-n 10G VT1.5/LO Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
SFP and
OC-n/STM-n 20G STS-1/VC-3 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes OC-n/STM-n Circuit
2x XFP/8x SFP Packs, 323-1851-102.3
OC-n/STM-n OTN 20G Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
STS-1/VC-3 2x XFP/8x SFP
OC-n/STM-n 20G VT-1.5/LO 2x No/Yes/Yes/Yes
XFP/8x SFP
OC-n/STM-n OTN 20G No/Yes/Yes/Yes
VT-1.5/LO 2x XFP/8x SFP
XC I/F 40G STS-1/HO Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.4
Broadband optical interface circuit packs
2x10G OTR 4x XFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
(NTK530PGE5 variant) descriptions” on page
2x10G OTR 4x XFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(NTK530PME5 variant) and
SuperMux 24 Port I/O Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Broadband, SuperMux,
1x XFP/10x SFP and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
DWDM MetroHSRx L-Band descriptions” on page
eDC40G OCLD Enh PMD No/No/No/Yes 3-83
Wavelength-Selective and
1xOTU3+ C-Band 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
40G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP No/No/Yes/Yes and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.4
4x10G MUX 4x10-11.1G XFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
eDC40G ULH OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM C-Band
eDC40G ULH OCLD 1xOTU3 No/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM Submarine C-Band
Optical Supervisory and Idler No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Channel circuit pack (OSIC)
eDC100G OCLD Enh PMD No/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band 1xOTU4 DWDM
eDC100G OCLD C-Band No/Yes/Yes/Yes
1xOTU4 DWDM
eDC100G OCLD Regional No/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band 1xOTU4 DWDM
eDC100G OCLD Metro C-Band No/Yes/Yes/Yes
1xOTU4 DWDM
eDC100G OCLD Submarine No/Yes/Yes/Yes
C-Band 1xOTU4 DWDM
10x10G MUX 10GE 10xSFP+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes
10x10G MUX Multi-Protocol No/Yes/Yes/Yes
10xXFP
100G OCI 100GE 1xCFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes
L2 MOTR 2xXFP/10xSFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
Flex MOTR 8xSFP, 2xXFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Data and Layer 2
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP No/No/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.5
Photonic optical interface circuit packs and modules
Midstage Line Amplifier 3 No/No/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
(MLA3 C-Band) circuit pack descriptions” on page
WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band No/No/No/Yes 3-83
2x1 (single slot-wide variant) and
circuit pack Photonics Equipment,
Optical Power Monitor (OPM No/No/Yes/Yes 323-1851-102.6
C-Band) 2 Port circuit pack
Enhanced 44 Channel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Mux/Demux (eCMD44) 100
GHz C-Band module
Enhanced 44 Channel No/No/Yes/Yes
Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz
C-Band (Blue) module
Enhanced 44 Channel No/No/Yes/Yes
Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz
C-Band (Red) module
4 Channel Mux/Demux Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(SCMD4) 100 GHz C-Band
circuit pack
4 Channel Optical Mux/Demux No/No/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
SFP modules
OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm No/No/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
(12-42 dB span) NTRN10DA
OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(0-34 dB span)
GE/FC100 1.25 Gbit/s 32 dB Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
CWDM (1471 nm to 1611 nm),
8 wavelengths
Multirate [Link] (or [Link]) No/No/Yes/Yes
nm Dispersion Tolerant DWDM
Multirate 1310nm, SMF, 15km No/No/Yes/Yes
SFP+ modules
10GBASE-LR/FC1200-SM-L,1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
310nm, SFP+ NTRN10DA
XFP modules
5G-11.09G multirate 1310 nm No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
9.95G-11.1G multirate No/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
1550 nm (40 Km)
Multirate [Link] – [Link] No/No/Yes/Yes
Tunable Dispersion Tolerant
DWDM
9.95G-11.09G multirate No/No/Yes/Yes
1550 nm XFP (80 Km)
Multirate LongHaul ITU CWDM No/No/Yes/Yes
Multirate 1528.38 to 1568.77 No/No/No/Yes
(1-88) 50GHz Type 2 DWDM
CFP modules
100GBASE-LR4, 4x25G WDM, No/No/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
SMF, 1310nm, 10km NTRN10DA
100GBASE-LR4,4x25G WDM, No/Yes/Yes/Yes
SMF, 1310nm, 10km SC
40GBASE-LR4, 4x10G CWDM, No/No/Yes/Yes
SMF, 1310nm, 10km
39.8G to 44.6G, 4x10G CWDM, No/No/Yes/Yes
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Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
Customer location equipment (CLE) device and external equipment
Transponder protection tray No/No/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(TPT); 10-channel 323-1851-102.1
OME1110 module Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes OME1110 Deployment
Guide, 323-1851-250
Configuration and applications
4-Fiber No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS Planning, NTRN10DA
24-node ring support for No/Yes/Yes/Yes (Chapter 4)
BLSR/MS-SPRing Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data
Services,
323-1851-320
E-line Ethernet Virtual Private Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Line (EVPL) service Planning, NTRN10DA
E-line E-LAN L2 Switched Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes (Chapter 4)
service 6500 Packet-Optical
Revertive G.8032 ERP /ITU Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Platform Data
G.8032 (2008) Ethernet Shared Application Guide,
Protection Ring NTRN15BA
Part 2 and 3 of
Non-revertive G.8032 ERP /ITU No/No/No/Yes
Configuration -
G.8032 (2008) Ethernet Shared
Bandwidth and Data
Protection Ring
Services,
323-1851-320
Network element, equipment, inventory, and facility management
100G OCLD segmentation No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310,
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
AINS No/Yes/Yes/Yes Commissioning and
Testing, 323-1851-221
Part 1 and 2 of
Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310,
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Service mappings
Transparent SONET/SDH No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
transport Bandwidth and Data
Services,
323-1851-320
Traffic protection and restoration
4-Fiber No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS Provisioning and
1+1 OTN line-side inter-card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Operating,
protection 323-1851-310

1+1 OTN line-side intra-card No/Yes/Yes/Yes

protection
1+1 LAG client-side protection No/No/Yes/Yes
(L2 MOTR)
1+1 port TPT No/No/Yes/Yes
Revertive G.8032 ERP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Non-revertive G.8032 ERP No/No/No/Yes
Alarms and events
Network level alarm correlation No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Site level alarm
correlation and network
level alarm correlation”
on page 2-146
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Part 1 and Part 2 of
Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing,
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
Provisionable severity No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 and Part 2 of
enhancements Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543
Common Language Facility No/No/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
Identifier (CLFI) Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Performance monitoring
OTM0 No/No/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
OTM1 No/No/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
OTM4 No/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520
Operational measurements
20G L2SS VCE statistics on a Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
per CoS basis Performance
L2 MOTR VCE statistics on a Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Monitoring,
per CoS basis 323-1851-520

Troubleshooting tools
Test access for DS1DS3, No/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
DS1E3, E1E3, OC-3/STM-1, or Platform Data
OC-12/STM-4 Application Guide,
Facility/terminal loopbacks No/No/Yes/Yes NTRN15BA,
(OTM1) Part 1 and Part 2 of
Configuration -
Facility/terminal loopbacks No/Yes/Yes/Yes
(FLEX) Provisioning and
Operating,
Ethernet in first mile (EFM) No/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-310
(L2 MOTR circuit packs)
Ethernet OAM No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Facility/Terminal loopbacks (on No/Yes/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 6.0 to Release 8.1
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R6.0/7.0/8.0/8.1 information
Autodiscovery
Autoprovisioning power, No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Autoprovisioning
wavelength, and TTI power and wavelength”
on page 2-146
Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Log in, security and administration
Provisionable password rules No/Yes/Yes/Yes Administration and
Provisionable port blocking No/Yes/Yes/Yes Security, 323-1851-301
Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
System management
SNMP v3 support No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
Supported upgrade and backout paths
Distributed load delivery No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(chapter 5),
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301

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Table 2-5
Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Shelves
6500 14-slot shelf types
14-slot converged optical shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
assembly page 3-5
14-slot converged optical/front Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
electrical shelf assembly
14-slot converged optical/rear Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
electrical shelf assembly
Cooling system
High flow front cooling fan Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Air flow directions and
module for 14-slot shelf types cooling configurations”
High flow rear cooling fan Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes on page 3-69
module for 14-slot shelf types
Common equipment/circuit packs/cards
Breaker interface panel No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(4 x 20A) 323-1851-102.1
Access panel with connections Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
for eight external slots (SONET)
60A Power Input Card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(breakered) - 2-Wire D-Sub
Input
60A Power Input Card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(breakerless) - 2-Wire D-Sub
Input
Fused Power Input Card - Max No/No/No/Yes/Yes
60A
Shelf processor Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(SP- enhanced)
Cross-connect 240G+ No/No/No/Yes/Yes
STS1/VC-3 (240/0)
Cross-connect 240G+/80G No/No/No/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) optical interface circuit packs
SONET/SDH optical interface circuit packs
16xOC-n/STM-n 5G STS-1/HO No/No/No/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
SFP descriptions” on page
16xOC-n/STM-n 5G VT1.5/LO No/No/No/Yes/Yes 3-83
SFP and
OC-n/STM-n Circuit
Packs, 323-1851-102.3
Data interface circuit packs/panels
20G L2SS 16 Port I/O 2xXFP / No/No/No/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
8xSFP descriptions” on page
Front I/O panel (Multi-Service) No/No/No/Yes/Yes 3-83

12xSFP I/O carrier No/No/No/Yes/Yes and

Data and Layer 2
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.7
Broadband optical interface circuit packs
NGM WT 1xOC192/STM64 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
1x10.7G DWDM (regional descriptions” on page
reach) 3-83
NGM WT 1xOC192/STM64 No/No/No/Yes/Yes and
1x10.7G DWDM (submarine Broadband, SuperMux,
reach) and OTN FLEX MOTR
NGM WT 1x10GE LAN Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Circuit Packs,
1x11.1G DWDM (regional 323-1851-102.5
reach)
NGM WT 1xOTU2 1x10.7G Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM (premium reach)
NGM WT 1xOTU2 1x10.7G Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
10G OTR 1x10G XFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
1x10-11.1G DWDM descriptions” on page
2x10G OTR 4x10-11.3G XFP No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(NTK530PAE5 variant) and
OTN MOTR 4x2.5G SFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Broadband, SuperMux,
1x10.7G XFP and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
10G OTSC 1x10G XFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
323-1851-102.5
1x10-11.3G DWDM
SuperMux 10x SFP 10G Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM (GFP-T)
SuperMux 10x SFP 10G No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM (GFP-F)
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM with Enhanced PMD
Compensation C-Band
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM C-Band
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM Regional C-Band
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DWDM Metro C-Band
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/No/No/Yes/Yes
DWDM Submarine C-Band
eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ No/No/No/No/Yes “Interface circuit pack
DWDM MetroHSRx C-Band descriptions” on page
40G OCI 1xOC-768/STM-256 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83

40G OCI No/No/No/Yes/Yes and

1xOC-768/STM-256/OTU3 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS,
and SLIC10 Circuit
4x10G MUX 4x10-11.1G XFP No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Photonic optical interface circuit packs and modules
OSC w/WSC 2 Port SFP 2 Port Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
10/100BT (2xOSC) circuit pack descriptions” on page
Single Line Amplifier (SLA Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
C-Band) circuit pack and
Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Photonics Equipment,
C-Band) circuit pack 323-1851-102.6
Midstage Line Amplifier 2 No/No/No/Yes/Yes
(MLA2 C-Band) circuit pack
Line Interface Module (LIM No/No/No/Yes/Yes
C-Band) circuit pack
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
5x1 circuit pack
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
2x1 circuit pack (double
slot-wide variant)
WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band No/No/No/Yes/Yes
9x1 circuit pack (triple slot-wide
variant)
WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band No/No/No/Yes/Yes
2x1 (triple slot-wide variant)
circuit pack
44 Channel Mux/Demux Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(CMD44) 100 GHz C-Band
module
44 Channel Mux/Demux No/No/No/Yes/Yes
(CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band
(Blue) module
44 Channel Mux/Demux No/No/No/Yes/Yes
(CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band (Red)
module
Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 No/No/No/Yes/Yes
(BMD2) module
Dispersion Slope Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Compensation Module (DSCM)

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
SFP modules
OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
(0-15 dB span) NTRN10DA
OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(10-30 dB span)
OC-3/STM-1 CWDM 1511 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(20-34 dB span)
GE/FC100/FC200 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1000-BaseSX 850 nm
GE/FC100/FC200 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1000-BaseLX 1310 nm
FC100 MX/FC200 MX/ No/No/No/Yes/Yes
FC400 MX 850 nm
FC100 SM-L/ No/No/No/Yes/Yes
FC200 SM-L/
FC400 SM-M 1310 nm
FC100 SM-L/ No/No/No/Yes/Yes
FC200 SM-L/
FC400 SM-L 1310 nm
XFP modules
OC192/STM64 SR-1/I-64.1 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
10GBase-LR,LW / OTU2 / NTRN10DA
10G FC1200
Multirate [Link] nm Dispersion No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Tolerant DWDM
Multirate [Link] EML DWDM No/No/No/No/Yes
Customer location equipment (CLE) device and external equipment
Transponder protection tray No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(TPT); 2-channel and 4-channel 323-1851-102.1

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
6500 services (in the same shelf)
Photonic services Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “6500 services” on
Converged Broadband and Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes page 3-135
Photonic services
Converged MSPP and Photonic No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
services
Converged MSPP, Broadband, No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
and Photonic services
Configuration and applications
40G applications No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 4)
Part 1 of Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data
Services,
323-1851-320
Photonic applications Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
Platform Photonic
Layer Guide,
NTRN15DA
Network element, equipment, inventory, and facility management
Target Identifier (TID) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
consolidation Provisioning and
Equipment provisioning Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Operating,
validation based on shelf 323-1851-310,
cooling capacity Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Equipment provisioning Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
validation based on shelf power
capacity
Visualization Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Equipment mode Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Photonic facilities Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Commissioning and
40G OCLD segmentation No/No/No/Yes/Yes Testing, 323-1851-221
Part 1 and 2 of
Port level view in Visualization No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Configuration -
tool for 20G L2SS
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310,
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Connection/bandwidth management
Maximum length of connection 64 Part 1 of Configuration -
ID Bandwidth and Data
SONET support on MXC circuit No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Services,
pack 323-1851-320

High order DSM No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes

VT/VC access No/No/No/Yes/Yes
BLSR/MS-SPRing
Path connection rollover No/No/No/No/Yes
Transponder connections Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Photonic connections Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Service mappings
GE to GFP-T Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
FC100 (1G FICON) to GFP-T Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Bandwidth and Data
Services,
FC200 (2G FICON; also known Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-320
as FICON Express) to GFP-T
FC400 (4G FICON) to GFP-T No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Traffic protection and restoration
1+1 OTN line-side protection Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
1+1 TPT No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Layer 2 (L2) service No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
enhancements (LACP support) Platform Data
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Equipment protection
20G L2SS (1+1) No/No/No/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Synchronization
Timing groups Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Alarms and events
Site level alarm correlation No/No/No/No/Yes “Site level alarm
correlation and network
level alarm correlation”
on page 2-146
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Part 1 and Part 2 of
Fault Management -
Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543
Performance monitoring
20G L2SS ETH/WAN No/No/No/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
20G L2SS ETH/WAN for COS No/No/No/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
OTM3 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520
20G L2SS ETH/WAN for VCE No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Low order PMs on all Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OCn/STMn interfaces
FC100/FC200 and FC1200 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
FC400 No/No/No/Yes/Yes
PM graphing No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Operational measurements
20G L2SS LAN for COS No/No/No/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
FC100/FC200 WAN Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
FC400 WAN No/No/No/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
Troubleshooting tools
Facility loopbacks (on 40G No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
circuit packs) Platform Data
OTM2 line facility loopbacks No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Application Guide,
NTRN15BA,
Facility Loopbacks (Broadband Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Part 1 and Part 2 of
circuit pack)
Configuration -
Facility/Terminal Loopbacks Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
(SuperMux circuit pack) Operating,
Ethernet in first mile (EFM) No/No/No/Yes/Yes 323-1851-310
(20G L2SS circuit packs)
Ethernet in first mile (EFM) No/No/No/No/Yes
(SuperMux circuit packs)
Data management (backup and redundancy)
Shelf processor (SP) database Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Data management” on
redundancy page 2-141 and
Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1
Database Replication Service No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Data communications
(DBRS) planning in Part 4 of
6500 Planning,
NTRN10DA
Autodiscovery
SPLI No/No/No/No/Yes “Service-photonic layer
OTMn physical adjacency No/No/No/Yes/Yes interoperability (SPLI)”
on page 2-145
Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Log in, security and administration
TL1 Gateway No/No/No/Yes/Yes Administration and
UserID based intrusion No/No/No/Yes/Yes Security, 323-1851-301
detection Part 1 of Configuration -
Secure HTTP No/No/No/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 5.0 to Release 5.3
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R5.0/5.10/5.12/5.2/5.3 information
System management
40G circuit packs management No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500
by using SNMP v3 feature of Planning, NTRN10DA
565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced (Chapter 5)
Services Platform SMI

Table 2-6
Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Bay/rack configurations
6500 shelf options Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Bay/rack
configurations” on page
2-62
Shelves
6500 14-slot shelf types
14-slot optical shelf assembly Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf assemblies” on
14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes page 3-5

14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

14-slot metro front electrical shelf assembly No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
14-slot metro front electrical shelf No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
enhancements assembly
Cooling system
Regular flow front cooling fan module for Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Air flow directions and
14-slot shelf types cooling configurations”
Regular flow top cooling fan module for Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes on page 3-69
14-slot shelf types
Regular flow rear cooling fan module for Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
14-slot shelf types
Air filter for 14-slot shelf types Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Common equipment/circuit packs/cards
Breaker interface panel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
(2 x 100A) 323-1851-102.1
Breaker interface panel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(4 x 40A)
1U breaker interface panel No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1U fuse interface panel No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DSM breaker interface panel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(2 x 100A)
1U AC rectifier No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Access panel (SDH) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
Access panel (SONET/J-SDH) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-102.1

Access panel (SDH-J) No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

Maintenance interface card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
40A Power Input Card (breakered) - 2-Wire Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
D-Sub Input
40A Power Input Card (breakerless) - Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2-Wire D-Sub Input
Shelf processor (SP) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Cross-connect 80G STS-1/VC-3 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Cross-connect 160G+ STS-1/VC-3 (160/0) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Cross-connect 80G/80G VT-1.5/VC-12 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(80/80)
Cross-connect 80G/20G VT-1.5/VC-12 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(80/20)
Cross-connect 20G/20G VT-1.5/VC-12 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(20/20)
Multiservice cross-connect 20G/20G No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
VT1.5/VC-12 (20/20)
Fiber routing channel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Fiber/cable routing
channel” on page 3-65
14-slot shelf cover Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Shelf cover” on page
3-62
Filler card Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Filler cards/modules”
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) optical interface circuit packs
SONET/SDH optical interface circuit packs
1xOC-192/STM-64 STS-1/HO SR1/I64.1, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
IR2/S64.2, LR2/L64.2 descriptions” on page
1xOC-192/STM-64 VT1.5/LO SR1/I64.1, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
IR2/S64.2, LR2/L64.2 and
1xOC-192/STM-64 STS-1/HO DWDM Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes OC-n/STM-n Circuit
(C-band wavelengths) Packs, 323-1851-102.3
1xOC-192/STM-64 STS-1/HO DWDM No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(L-band wavelengths)
1xOC-192/STM-64 VT1.5/LO DWDM Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(C-band wavelengths)
1xOC-192/STM-64 VT1.5/LO DWDM No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
(L-band wavelengths)
1xOC-192/STM-64 STS-1/HO DWDM No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
C-Band AM1/AM2
1xOC-192/STM-64 VT1.5/LO DWDM No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
C-Band AM1/AM2
2xOC-48/STM-16 STS-1/HO DPO Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2xOC-48/STM-16 STS-1/HO SFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2xOC-48/STM-16 VT1.5/LO DPO Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2xOC-48/STM-16 VT1.5/LO SFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 STS-1/HO SFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 VT1.5/LO SFP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Data interface circuit packs/panels
4xGE EPL Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
4xGE EPL EFM No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
1x10GE EPL No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
and
24x10/100BT EPL No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Data and Layer 2 Circuit
24x10/100BT EPL with 8xSFP No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Packs, 323-1851-102.7
48x10/100BT I/O panel (front and rear No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
versions)
L2SS VT1.5/LO 4xGE No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
L2SS DS1/E1/DS3/E3 4xGE No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
RPR 10G STS-1/HO 4xGE No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Electrical interface circuit packs/modules
63xE1 working Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
63xE1 1:N protection Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes descriptions” on page
3-83
E1 I/O protection module Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
and
252xE1 front I/O panel Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Electrical Circuit Packs,
120 ohm converter module Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-102.2
63xE1 front I/O panel (75 Ω, 120 Ω, No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
unprotected, 1:1 protected)
24xDS3/EC-1 working Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
24xDS3/EC-1 protection Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
48xDS3/E3/EC-1 I/O module (front and rear Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
versions)
24xDS3/E3 working No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
24xDS3/E3 protection No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
48 Channel Trans Mux (Portless) (also No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
known as TMUX in this document)
16xSTM-1e working No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
16xSTM-1e protection No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
32xSTM-1e front I/O panel No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
DSM shelf
84xDS1 service module Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Electrical Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.2
Broadband optical interface circuit packs
NGM WT 1xOC192/STM64 1x10.7G No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
DWDM (premium reach) descriptions” on page
NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-83
(premium reach) and
Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.5
Photonic optical interface circuit packs and modules
Optical multiplexers (OMX) module Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interface circuit pack
descriptions” on page
3-83
and
Photonics Equipment,
323-1851-102.6
DPO modules
OC-48/STM-16 DWDM DPO (1528.77 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
SFP modules
OC-3/STM-1 LR2/L1.2 1550 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
OC-3/STM-1 SR0 (multimode) 1310 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA

OC-3/STM-1 SR1/I1.1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

1310 nm
OC-3/STM-1 IR1/S1.1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1310 nm
OC-3/STM-1 LR1/L1.1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1310 nm
OC-3/12/STM-1/4 IR1/S1.1_S4.1 1310 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-3/12/STM-1/4 SR1/I1.1_I4.1 1310 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-12/STM-4 LR2/L4.2 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1550 nm
OC-12/STM-4 LR1/L4.1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1310 nm
OC-48/STM-16 LR2/L16.2 1550 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-48/STM-16 IR1/S16.1 1310 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-48/STM-16 SR1/I16.1 1310 nm No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-48/STM-16 LR1/L16.1 1310 nm No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OC-48/STM-16 DWDM (1528.77 nm to No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
1564.68 nm)
GE/FC100 1.25 Gbit/s 24 dB CWDM (1471 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
nm to 1611 nm), 8 wavelengths
STM-1e Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
GE/FC 1000-BaseSX 850 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
GE/FC 1000-BaseLX 1310 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
GE 1000-BaseZX 1550 nm Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1.25 Gbit/s GE CWDM (1471 nm to 1611 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
nm), 8 wavelengths
1000-Base-BX10-U 1310 nm Tx, 10 km No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1000-Base-BX10-D 1490 nm Tx, 10 km No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
100-Base-FX 100 Mbit/s No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1310 nm MMF
100-Base-LX FE 1310 nm, No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
100-Base-BX10-U 1310 nm Tx, 10 km No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
100-Base-BX10-D 1530 nm Tx, 10 km No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA

100-Base-FX GE 1310 nm No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes

100-Base-LX10 GE 1310 nm No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
GE electrical 1000-BaseT No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
GE electrical 100-BaseT No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
XFP modules
OC192/STM64 SR1/I64.1 10GBase-LR,LW No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 3 of Planning,
OC192/STM64 IR2/S64.2b No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
10GBase-ER,EW
OC192/STM64 SR1/I64.1 VSR-2000-2R1 No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
10GBase-LR,LW No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
10GBase-SR,SW No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
10GBase-ER,EW No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Customer location equipment (CLE) device and external equipment
CLE hardware No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes “Customer location
CLE software No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes equipment (CLE)
device” on page 3-140
CLE cables and accessories No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Enhanced Trunk Switch (ETS) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1
6500 services (in the same shelf)
MSPP services Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “6500 services” on page
Broadband services No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 3-135

Converged MSPP and Broadband services No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Configuration and applications
Unprotected Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
1+1/MSP linear APS Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA (Chapter 4)
Part 1 of Configuration -
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Bandwidth and Data
UPSR/SNCP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Services, 323-1851-320
VoIP No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DS1, DS3/EC-1, STM-1e intra-office Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
E1, E3 intra-office Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Broadband applications No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Ethernet point-to-point Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
GE (R1.2), L2SS (R2.0), 10/100BT (R2.1), Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
RPR (R3.0), PDH gateway (R4.0/4.01), (Chapter 4)
10GE EPL (R4.0/4.01), 20G L2SS (R5.2) 6500 Packet-Optical
Platform Data
L2SS multipoint-to-multipoint No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Application Guide,
PDH gateway No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes NTRN15BA
Layer 2 RPR No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 and 3 of
Configuration -
Bandwidth and Data
Services, 323-1851-320
Network element, equipment, inventory, and facility management
System/NE management Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
Global nodal provisioning Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
Operating,
SDH-J NE and port mode No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-310,
Equipment management Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Administration and
Facility management Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Security, 323-1851-301

Support for link capacity adjustment scheme No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Commissioning and

(LCAS) Testing, 323-1851-221
Enhanced support for layer 2 control frame No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Part 1 and 2 of
Configuration -
Provisioning and
Operating,
323-1851-310,
Administration and
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Connection/bandwidth management
VT1.5, VC12, STS1/LO_VC3, STS-1/VC4 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
bandwidth management Bandwidth and Data
VC11, VT2, HO_VC3 bandwidth No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Services, 323-1851-320
management
Contiguous concatenation (CCAT) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Virtual concatenation (STS1-nv/VC3-nv) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Virtual concatenation (VT1.5-nv/VC11-nv, No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
VT2-nv/VC12-nv)
International gateway (OC48/STM16 ports) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
International gateway (all OCn/STMn ports) No/Yes/Yes/Yes /Yes/Yes
FTP of cross-connects (for OMEA or other No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
management systems)
Trans Mux between DS1s and DS3s No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
SDH support on Trans Mux between E1 and No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
E3
Maximum length of connection ID 40/40/40/40/64/64
Enhancement to support L2SS and PDH No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
gateway LO_VC3 connection
Path connection Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Service mappings
GE GFP-F Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 of Configuration -
10/100BT GFP-F No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Bandwidth and Data
Services, 323-1851-320
DS3/DS1/E3/E1 to GFP-F No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
E1 to VT2/VC12 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DS3 to STS1/VC3 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DS1 to VT1.5/VC11 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
E3 to STS1/VC3 No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Traffic protection and restoration
Unprotected - OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
OC-48/STM-16, OC-192/STM-64 Provisioning and
1+1/MSP Linear - OC-3/STM-1, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Operating,
OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16, 323-1851-310
OC-192/STM-64
SDH-J 1+1 Linear - STM-1J, STM-4J No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
GE 1+1 linear No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
UPSR/SNCP Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Protection exerciser Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
1+1 ETS No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
RPR No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
Platform Data
Application Guide,
NTRN15BA
Equipment protection
Cross-connect Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
Multiservice cross-connect (MXC) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
Operating,
E1 (1:N) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-310
DS3/EC-1 (1:N) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DSM 84xDS1 TM (1+1) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DS3/E3 (1:N) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
STM-1e (1:N) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Trans Mux (1+1) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
L2SS (1+1) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
PDH gateway (1+1) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Synchronization
Internal, external, line, and mixed timing Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of Configuration -
Protection (redundant) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Provisioning and
Operating,
Timing generation hierarchy (up to 4 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-310
references)
Timing distribution hierarchy (up to 4 Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
references)
SONET/SDH SSM generation/termination Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
DS1, 2 Mbit/s, 2 MHz ESI/ESO with SSM Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
64 kHz CC ESI/6 MHz ESO No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Provisionable external synchronization No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
mode
Alarms and events
LEDs indication of shelf and circuit pack Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 1 and Part 2 of Fault
status Management - Alarm
Alarm and event reporting Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Clearing, 323-1851-543

Provisionable alarm profiles Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

Performance monitoring
SONET/SDH section/RS, line/MS, and path Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
Physical (all optical circuit packs) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
Protection switch counts/duration Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520
DS1, DS3, E1 line and path Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
EC-1 line, section, and path Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
E3 line and path No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
GE ETH and WAN Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
10GE ETH and WAN No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
L2SS ETH/WAN and 10/100BT No/No/Yes/Yes (10/100BT in
ETH100/WAN R2.1)/Yes/Yes
L2SS ETH/ WAN for COS No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
RPR ETH/WAN/RPR No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
FTP of PMs (for OMEA) Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OTM2 No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
ETH10G No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
PDH gateway ETH/ WAN No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
L2SS ETH/ WAN for VCE No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
PDH gateway No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520
Operational measurements
ETH and WAN Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Fault Management -
L2SS LAN for COS No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Performance
Monitoring,
RPR LAN/WAN/RPR/CoS/Statistics No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes 323-1851-520
ETH10G No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
PDH gateway LAN for COS No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
PDH gateway VCE statistics on a per CoS No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
basis
L2SS VCE statistics on a per CoS basis No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
System lineup and testing
Commissioning Assistant Tool Yes/Yes/Yes/No/No/No Commissioning and
Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool (NSAT) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Testing, 323-1851-221

Troubleshooting tools
Facility/Terminal Loopbacks (OCn/ STMn, Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes 6500 Packet-Optical
DS1, DS3, EC1, E1, GE) Platform Data
Facility/Terminal Loopbacks (FE) No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Application Guide,
NTRN15BA,
Facility/Terminal Loopbacks (E3) No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Part 1 and Part 2 of
Facility Loopbacks (OC192/STM64 and No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Configuration -
ETH10G on NGM WT circuit packs) Provisioning and
Facility/Terminal Loopbacks (10GE) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes Operating,
323-1851-310
Channelized loopbacks No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Test access for DS1, DS3, and E1 No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Ethernet in first mile (EFM) (GE with EFM No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
and L2SS circuit packs)
Ethernet in first mile (EFM) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
Data management (backup and redundancy)
Network element data backup and restore Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Hitless restore of cross-connect, No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes Data communications
OC-n/STM-n, and electrical circuit packs planning in Part 4 of
data 6500 Planning,
Preserve comms data option No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA

Autodiscovery
Network topology Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Autodiscovery” on page
2-145
Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Log in, security and administration
Local user account/password management Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Administration and
Intrusion attempt handling Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Security, 323-1851-301

RADIUS authentication Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

RADIUS accounting Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Network element naming, date/time Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Time of day synchronization Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
OSI login security for DSM Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Password complexity rules No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Provisionable login banner No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Local user account inhibiting No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Force out user sessions No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
User specified simultaneous login limit No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
Secure shell (SSH) and secure FTP (SFTP) No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Data communications network
Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310 and
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Summary of features supported in 6500 from Release 1.2 to Release 4.01
Topic 6500 Reference for more
R1.2/R2.0/R2.1/R3.0/R4.0/4.01 information
System management
Consolidated craft Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
Site Manager Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA
(Chapter 5)
Site Manager downloadable from shelf Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
processor
TL1 command builder Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Raw TL1 port for OSS Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
SNMP v1 and v2c support No/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Command line interface No/No/No/Yes/Yes/Yes
SONMP topology discovery No/No/No/No/Yes/Yes
Interworking
Ciena portfolio Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interworking” on page
2-166
non-Ciena portfolio Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes “Interoperating with
other vendors’
portfolios” on page
2-167
Supported upgrade and backout paths
Network element upgrade Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
Slot upgrades of circuit packs requiring cold Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes NTRN10DA (chapter 5),
restart Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301
Site Manager upgrade Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes
Shelf processor only upgrade Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes/Yes

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Physical description
The 6500 hardware platform has the following modular components:
• 6500 shelf (see “Shelf assemblies” on page 3-5)
• cooling unit (see “Air flow directions and cooling configurations” on page
3-69)
• breaker interface panel (optional) (see Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1)
• electrical interface chassis (not required for Broadband and Photonic
applications) (see Common Equipment, 323-1851-102.1)
• fiber routing channel (see “Fiber/cable routing channel” on page 3-65)

Also
• the 14-slot shelf platform fits a standard ETSI (535 mm), 19 in. EIA or
NEBS2000 rack with a standard 300 mm x 600 mm footprint and the ANSI
(23 in.) rack. The traffic-carrying circuit packs are vertically aligned.
• the 32-slot shelf platform can be installed in an ETSI (535 mm) or 23 in.
rack but not in a 19 in. rack. The traffic-carrying circuit packs are vertically
aligned.
• the 7-slot shelf platform can be installed in an ETSI (535 mm), 19 in. or 23
in. rack. The traffic-carrying circuit packs are horizontally aligned.
• the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf platform can be installed in an ETSI (535
mm), 19 in. or 23 in. rack. The traffic-carrying circuit packs are horizontally
aligned.
• the 2-slot shelf platform can be installed in an ETSI (535 mm), 19 in. or 23
in. rack. The traffic-carrying circuit packs are horizontally aligned. However
unique to the 2-slot AC shelf variant (NTK503NAE5) and 2-slot optical
Type 2 shelf variant (NTK503LA), wall mounting installation is also
supported resulting in the traffic-carrying circuit packs being vertically
aligned.

For information about supported 6500 shelf assemblies, see “Shelf

assemblies” on page 3-5.

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Bay/rack configurations
The 6500 bay configuration and rack density depends on the services to be
deployed (optical only or optical and/or electrical) which determines the shelf
assembly. The 6500 supports the following 44U bay configurations:
• up to three 14-slot shelves per bay when deploying only optical services
requiring only the optical shelf, packet-optical, or converged optical shelf
assembly
• up to two shelves per bay when deploying:
— 32-slot shelves
— 14-slot front electrical shelves
• up to four 14-slot shelves per bay when deploying the 14-slot optical/rear
electrical shelf assemblies NTK503CA. If space is required in the rack for
optical fiber management and/or DWDM equipment, the maximum
number of 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assemblies will be less than
four. Each 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly or pair of stacked
14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assemblies requires an air inlet plenum
and a cooling unit.
• up to three 14-slot shelves per bay when deploying the 14-slot optical/rear
electrical (NTK503CCE5 variant) or 14-slot converged optical/rear
electrical shelf assemblies.

Attention: Only the 14-slot optical/rear shelf assembly NTK503CA can be

used in a stacked configuration. You cannot use the 14-slot optical/rear shelf
assembly NTK503CCE5 in a stacked configuration.

• up to six 7-slot shelf assemblies (NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA variant) per

bay with two 2U BIPs (total 40U) or a maximum of seven shelves (total
42U).
• up to five 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assemblies (NTK503RA) per bay
with two 2U BIPs (total 39U) or when each shelf equipped with 60A power
input cards and the shelves spaced at 8U increments (total 40U).
• up to six 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assemblies (NTK503RA) per bay
when each shelf is equipped with 50A power input cards (total 42U).
The 14-slot optical/front electrical shelf, 14-slot converged optical/front
electrical shelf, 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf, 14-slot converged
optical/rear electrical shelf, and 14-slot metro front electrical shelf assemblies
ensure the bay configuration can provide electrical services.

For thermal limitations for deploying 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf and
14-slot converged optical/rear electrical shelf assemblies, see the
configuration rules in Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

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The 6500 shelf provides:

• breakered, breakerless, and Fused Power Input Cards in 14-slot shelves.
• breakered and Fused Power Input Cards in 32-slot shelves.
• breakered, breakerless, and Fused Power Input Cards in 7-slot shelves.
• breakered, breakerless, and Fused Power Input Cards in 6500-7
packet-optical shelf.
• integrated power supply unit in 2-slot shelves (NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5 variants). 48 Vdc, 24 Vdc, and AC Power Input Cards in
2-slot shelf (NTK503LA variant).

For deployment of breakerless Power Input Cards NTK505TA (10A

breakerless in a 2-slot Type 2 shelf), NTK505DE (40A breakerless in a
7/14-slot or 6500-7 packet optical shelf), or NTK505DS (2x50A breakerless in
a 14-slot packet-optical shelf), a breaker interface panel (BIP) is required to
limit the current into the power card to its maximum feeder rating or less. The
BIP provides power distribution, breaker interfaces, and optionally rack-level
visual alarms consolidation for the 6500 2-slot Type 2, 6500 7-slot, 6500-7
packet-optical shelf, and 6500 14-slot shelves installed within the bay. Current
must also be limited to 60A or less using a BIP or source breaker/fuse for
deployment of NTK505DAE5 (60A breakerless power input card) in a 6500-7
packet-optical shelf or a 14-slot shelf.

For deployment of breakerless Power Input Cards NTK505DAE5, breakered

Power Input Cards NTK605CAE5, NTK505QA, NTK605FA, or NTK605GA,
and Fused Power Input Cards NTK505EAE5, NTK605EAE5, NTK605FE,
NTK605GE, NTK505EEE5, or NTK505QE, no breaker interface panel (BIP)
is required since the power cable is run directly from the distribution panel to
Power Input Card. BIPs rated for -48V/-60V dc must not be used for 24 Vdc
applications (2-slot NTK503LA shelf variant equipped with NTK505TR Power
Input Card) or (7-slot NTK503KA shelf variant equipped with NTK505RA
Power Input Card Type 2). A connectorized cable is used to deliver AC power
to 2-slot shelves (NTK503LA variant when equipped with NTK505SB AC
Power Input Card) or 7-slot shelves (NTK503KA shelf variant equipped with
NTK505RA Power Input Card Type 2).

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Front exhaust considerations

Shelves that are configured to exclusively exhaust air out the front may affect
the inlet air temperature of nearby shelves. Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS)
specifies that shelves be configured for rear exhaust in order to avoid the
mixing of hot air with cool inlet air. If the site provides the minimal clearance
as specified in the standard between the back of the shelf and any other shelf,
wall or obstruction, it is recommended to configure the shelf for rear exhaust.
If front exhaust is required and a 6500 shelf is equipped in the same rack as
one or more other shelves configured for front exhaust, you must consider the
following:
• Greater than 97% of the power drawn by a 6500 shelf is converted to heat
which results in the exhaust air temperature being hotter than the inlet air.
• The exhaust air temperature depends on the ambient air temperature, the
specific circuit packs in use and their slotting in the shelf. The fan exhaust
air may have a temperature gradient from left to right across a 14-slot or
32-slot shelf depending on the equipped circuit packs. For example, a
6500 shelf equipped with circuit packs with a typical power of 50W, results
in an air temperature rise of approximately 3°C to 5°C from inlet to
exhaust. However, for a shelf equipped with multiple circuit packs that are
175W typical, a rise of 13°C to 20°C may be observed.

In the case of a shelf installed above a front exhausting shelf, the lower shelf
exhaust will partially mix with the ambient air before being drawn into the
intake air plenum of the upper shelf. Depending on the air mixing and the left
to right temperature gradient, some or all the circuit packs in the upper shelf
will likely be exposed to higher air temperatures than the circuit packs in the
shelf below.

Installation planning, considerations, and recommendations:

• limit the ambient air temperature excursions as the upper shelf will be
operating with hotter inlet air. In a worst-case scenario, some slots in the
upper shelf may be supplied air that exceeds the normal long term
operating temperature limit.
• ensure that the inlet air is within the specified long term operating
temperature and never exceeds the short term operating temperature
(see "Environmental specifications" section of Part 3 of Planning;
NTRN10DA).
• maximize the distance between any shelf exhaust port and the air intake
inlet of any other shelf.
• engineer the thermal load so that the lower shelf is equipped with circuit
packs that are lower power and such that higher power circuit packs are
not clustered together in one part of either shelf.

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• do not use an air deflector grill (NTK509FA/NTK509FAE6) if the 14-slot

shelf is installed in a cabinet with a front door/panel, which must be
perforated, or if the shelf is to be equipped with any circuit pack that has a
power budget of over 150W per slot (or equivalently 300W for a
double-slot wide pack).
Figure 2-1 to Figure 2-8 provide an overview of the possible 6500 bay
configurations supported in this release. Figure 2-9 to Figure 2-12 provide an
overview of the possible combined 6500 and DSM bay configurations
supported in this release. Figure 2-13 provides an example of the possible
combined 6500 and Photonic layer tray bay configurations supported in this
release.

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Figure 2-1
6500 bay configurations— Example for 14-slot optical (NTK503AA/AB) and 14-slot optical/front
electrical shelves (NTK503BA)

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 3U Cooling unit 3U
Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 8U
Cooling unit 3U

Optical shelf assembly Cooling unit 3U

10U Optical/front electrical
18U
shelf assembly

Cooling unit 3U Optical/front electrical

shelf assembly
18U

Optical shelf assembly Cooling unit 3U

10U

Cooling unit 3U Optical/front electrical Cooling unit 3U

shelf assembly 18U

Optical shelf assembly

10U Optical shelf assembly 10U

Optical shelf Optical/front Optical shelf and

assemblies electrical shelf assemblies optical/front
electrical shelf assemblies
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Figure 2-2
6500 bay configurations— Example for 14-slot packet-optical (NTK503SA), 14-slot converged
optical (NTK503ADE5), and 14-slot converged optical/front electrical shelves (NTK503BDE5)

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 3U Cooling unit
Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 8U
Cooling unit

Converged 13U
optical shelf assembly Cooling unit
21U
or Converged
packet-optical optical /front electrical
shelf assembly shelf assembly

Cooling unit Converged

21U
optical /front electrical
shelf assembly
Converged
optical shelf assembly 13U Cooling unit
or
packet-optical
shelf assembly

Cooling unit Converged 21U Cooling unit

optical /front electrical
shelf assembly
Converged 13U
optical shelf assembly 13U
or Converged
packet-optical optical shelf assembly
shelf assembly

Converged Converged Converged

optical shelf assemblies optical /front electrical optical /front electrical and
or shelf assemblies Converged
packet-optical optical shelf assemblies
shelf assembly

Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is integrated on packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA),
converged optical shelf assembly (NTK503ADE5), and converged optical /front
electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BDE5).

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Figure 2-3
6500 bay configurations— Example for 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CA)

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

Optical fiber management
Cooling unit 3U and DWDM equipment 3U

Cooling unit 3U
Optical/rear electrical
8U
shelf assembly

Optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly 8U

Optical/rear electrical 8U Air plenum 2U

shelf assembly

Cooling unit 3U

Air plenum 2U

Cooling unit 3U Optical/rear electrical 8U

shelf assembly

Optical/rear electrical 8U Air plenum 2U

shelf assembly

Cooling unit 3U

Optical/rear electrical 8U Optical/rear electrical 8U

shelf assembly shelf assembly

Air plenum 2U Air plenum 2U

Stacked optical/rear Single optical/rear electrical

electrical shelf assemblies shelf assemblies (with fiber
management/DWDM
equipment space)

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Figure 2-4
6500 bay configurations— Example for 14-slot optical/rear electrical (NTK503CCE5) and 14-slot
converged optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CDE5)

BIP/Reserved space 2U
Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 3U

Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical 13U

shelf assembly or
converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly

Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly or 13U
converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly

Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical
13U
shelf assembly or
converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly

Optical/rear electrical
shelf assemblies

Note1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is integrated on optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CCE5)
and converged optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CDE5).

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Figure 2-5
6500 bay configurations— Example for 14-slot metro front electrical (NTK503GA) and 14-slot
optical shelves (NTK503AA/AB)

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

Cooling unit
Optical fiber management
and DWDM equipment 8U

21U Cooling unit

Metro front electrical
shelf assembly

Metro front electrical

21U
shelf assembly

Cooling unit

Metro front electrical

shelf assembly 21U Cooling unit 3U

Optical shelf assembly 10U

Metro front Optical shelf and

electrical shelf assemblies metro front
electrical shelf assemblies

Note1 : These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is separate for optical shelves NTK503AA/AB
but is integrated on metro front electrical shelf NTK503GA.

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Figure 2-6
6500 bay configurations— Example for 32-slot shelf (NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB)

Cooling unit

22U
32-slot packet-optical
shelf assembly

Cooling unit

22U
32-slot packet-optical
shelf assembly

32-slot packet-optical
shelf assembly

Note 1: The figure is based on 44U of total available rack space.

Note 2: The cooling unit is integrated on 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly
(NTK603AB).

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Figure 2-7
6500 bay configurations— Example for 7-slot shelf (NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA)

BIP/Reserved space 2U Reserved space 2U

BIP/Reserved space 2U
7-slot optical 6U
shelf assembly
7-slot optical 6U
shelf assembly

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
7-slot optical
6U
shelf assembly

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
7-slot optical
6U
shelf assembly

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
7-slot optical 6U
shelf assembly

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
7-slot optical
6U
shelf assembly

7-slot optical
shelf assembly 6U
Reserved space 4U

7-slot optical shelf assemblies

Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is integrated on 7-slot optical shelf assembly
(NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA).

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Figure 2-8
6500 bay configurations— Example for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA)

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

BIP/Reserved space 2U BIP/Reserved space 2U

Reserved space 1U
6500-7 packet-optical 7U
shelf assembly 6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly

Reserved space 1U
6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly
6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly

6500-7 packet-optical 7U Reserved space 1U

shelf assembly
6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly
6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly Reserved space 1U

6500-7 packet-optical
shelf assembly 7U
6500-7 packet-optical
7U
shelf assembly
Reserved space 1U

6500-7 packet-optical 7U
Reserved space 5U shelf assembly

6500-7 packet-optical shelf assemblies

Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA) includes
an integrated cooling fan module housing (a slot for a cooling fan module).
Note 3: The maximum five 6500-7 packet-optical shelves in each bay is applicable
when space is reserved for two 2U BIPs or when each shelf is equipped
with 60A power input cards as 1U of space is required above each shelf for
connecting and routing the power cables.
A maximum of six 6500-7 packet-optical shelves per bay is applicable only
when each shelf is equipped with 50A power input cards and the
power solution does not require more than 2U.

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Figure 2-9
6500 and DSM bay configurations example—14-slot optical (NTK503AA/AB) and DSM shelves
(NTN407MA)

DSM BIP
2U 6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U
DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U
DSM shelf assembly 4U
Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit 3U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

Optical shelf assembly 10U Optical shelf assembly 10U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U Cooling unit 3U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U Optical shelf assembly 10U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U 3U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf Optical & DSM shelf Optical & DSM shelf
assemblies assemblies assemblies

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Figure 2-10
6500 and DSM bay configurations example—14-slot packet-optical (NTK503SA) or 14-slot
converged optical (NTK503ADE5) and DSM shelves (NTN407MA)

DSM BIP
2U 6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U
DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U
DSM shelf assembly 4U
Cooling unit Cooling unit

Converged Converged 13U

DSM shelf assembly 4U 13U
optical shelf assembly optical shelf assembly
or or
packet-optical packet-optical
shelf assembly shelf assembly
DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U Cooling unit

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U Converged

optical shelf assembly 13U
DSM shelf assembly 4U or
DSM shelf assembly 4U packet-optical
shelf assembly

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U 3U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf Converged Converged

assemblies optical & DSM shelf optical or packet-optical & DSM shelf
assemblies assemblies
Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is integrated on converged optical shelf assembly
(NTK503ADE5) and packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA).

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Figure 2-11
6500 and DSM bay configurations example—14-slot optical/rear electrical (NTK503CA or
NTK503CCE5), 14-slot converged optical/rear electrical (NTK503CDE5), and DSM shelves
(NTN407MA)

6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U

DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U

Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical
Optical/rear electrical Optical/rear electrical 11U/
8U 8U shelf assembly or
shelf assembly shelf assembly 13U
converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly
Air plenum 2U

DSM shelf assembly 4U Optical/rear electrical 8U DSM shelf assembly 4U

shelf assembly

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

Air plenum 2U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

Optical/rear electrical Optical/rear electrical Optical/rear electrical

shelf NTK503CA shelf NTK503CA shelf NTK503CCE5, converged
& DSM shelf assemblies & DSM shelf assemblies optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5
& DSM shelf assemblies

Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is separate for optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CA
but is integrated on optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5 and converged
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5.
Note 3: Optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CA and cooling unit occupies 11U,
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5 or converged
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5 with integrated cooling unit occupies 13U.
Note 4: A single 1U BIP/FIP (NTK599DA/EA) can be used to power one
6500 shelf and up to seven DSMs.

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Figure 2-12
6500 and DSM bay configurations example—14-slot optical/front electrical (NTK503BA), 14-slot
converged optical/front electrical (NTK503BDE5), or 14-slot metro front electrical (NTK503GA)
and DSM shelves (NTN407MA)

6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U 6500 BIP 2U

DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U DSM BIP 1U

Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit Cooling unit

21U
21U

Optical/front electrical 18U Converged Metro front electrical

shelf assembly optical/front electrical shelf assembly
shelf assembly

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U DSM shelf assembly 4U

Optical/front Converged Metro front

electrical & DSM optical/front electrical & DSM
shelf assemblies electrical & DSM shelf assemblies
shelf assemblies
Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.
Note 2: The cooling unit is separate for optical/front electrical shelf NTK503BA
but is integrated on converged optical/front electrical shelf NTK503BDE5 and
metro front electrical shelf NTK503GA.

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Figure 2-13
14-slot and Photonic layer tray bay configurations (example)

1U 1U

Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical
Optical/rear electrical shelf assembly or
8U 13U
shelf assembly converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly
Air plenum 2U
Fiber Manager 1U Fiber Manager 1U
CMD44 2U CMD44 2U
CMD44 2U CMD44 2U

Fiber Manager 1U Fiber Manager 1U

DSCM 1U DSCM 1U
DSCM 1U DSCM 1U

Cooling unit 3U Cooling unit

Optical/rear electrical
Optical/rear electrical shelf assembly or
8U 13U
shelf assembly converged
optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly
Air plenum 2U
Fiber Manager 1U Fiber Manager 1U
2U 2U
Optical/rear electrical Optical/rear electrical
shelf NTK503CA shelf NTK503CCE5, converged
& Photonic layer optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5
assemblies & Photonic layer assemblies

Note 1: These figures are based on 44U of total available rack space.

Note 2: Using the optical/rear electrical shelf in this figure is just an example to show the support for
Photonic layer modules in 6500 shelf. Photonic layer modules can be used in conjunction with any 6500
shelf type except metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA).

Note 3: The number of Photonic layer modules in each bay depends on the type of application and fiber
management considerations.

Note 4: The cooling unit is separate for some 6500 shelf types such as optical/rear electrical shelf
NTK503CA but is integrated on some 6500 shelf types such as optical/rear electrical shelf
NTK503CCE5 and converged optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5.

For more information, see Chapter 3, “Shelf and equipment descriptions” and
the configuration rules in Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

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Interface circuit packs and modules

The 6500 architecture supports
• both optical and electrical interfaces on the same shelf in 14-slot shelves.
• only optical interfaces on the same shelf in 6500-7 packet-optical, 2-slot,
7-slot, and 32-slot shelves.
The following optical and electrical interfaces are currently supported:
• Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) circuit packs including:
— 1xOC-192/STM-64 SONET/SDH circuit packs
— 2xOC-48/STM-16 SONET/SDH circuit packs
— 8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 SONET/SDH circuit packs
— 16xOC-n/STM-n SONET/SDH MRO circuit packs
— (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n SONET/SDH MRO circuit packs
— 8xOC-n/STM-n SONET/SDH MRO circuit packs
— 63xE1 electrical circuit packs
— 24xDS3/EC-1 electrical circuit packs
— 24xDS3/E3 electrical circuit packs
— 16xSTM-1e electrical circuit packs
— Trans Mux (TMUX) electrical circuit packs (electrical tributaries (DS1,
DS3, E3, and E1) can be muxed and demuxed on the 6500 using the
TMUX circuit pack. The TMUX has no physical electrical interfaces
and may be cross connected to either E1, DS3, E3, EC-1, STM-1e,
OC-3/12/48/192, STM-1/4/16/64 circuit packs or DS1 via a DSM shelf)
— DS1 service module (DSM)
— 4xGE EPL data circuit packs
— 1x10GE EPL data circuit packs
— 24x10/100BT EPL data circuit packs
— L2SS VT1.5/LO 4xGE layer 2 circuit packs
— L2SS DS1/E1/DS3/E3 4xGE layer 2 circuit packs
— 20G L2SS 16 Port I/O 2xXFP / 8xSFP layer 2 circuit packs
— RPR 10G STS-1/HO 4xGE layer 2 circuit packs
— XC I/F 40G STS-1/HO circuit packs

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• Broadband circuit packs including:

— NGM WT 1xOC192/STM64 1x10.7G DWDM circuit packs (regional,
premium, and submarine versions)
— NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM circuit packs (regional, premium,
and submarine versions)
— NGM WT 1xOTU2 1x10.7G DWDM circuit packs (regional, premium, and
submarine versions)
— 10G OTR 1x10G XFP 1x10-11.1G DWDM circuit packs
— 2x10G OTR 4x10-11.3G XFP circuit packs
— 2x10G OTR 4x XFP circuit packs
— 4x10G OTR 4xXFP/4xSFP+ circuit packs
— 4x10G OTR 8xXFP circuit packs
— OTN MOTR 4x2.5G SFP 1x10.7G XFP circuit packs
— 10G OTSC 1x10G XFP 1x10-11.3G DWDM circuit packs
— SuperMux 10x SFP 10G DWDM optical/data interfaces
— SuperMux 24 Port I/O 1x XFP/10x SFP optical/data interfaces
— eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ DWDM C-Band circuit packs
— eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ DWDM L-Band circuit packs
— eDC40G OCLD Enh PMD Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band
circuit packs
— eDC40G OCLD Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band circuit packs
— eDC40G OCLD Regional Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band
circuit packs
— eDC40G OCLD Metro Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band circuit
packs
— eDC40G OCLD Submarine Wavelength-Selective 1xOTU3+ C-Band
circuit packs
— 40G OCI 1xOC-768/STM-256 circuit packs
— 40G OCI 1xOC-768/STM-256/OTU3 circuit packs
— 40G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit packs
— 4x10G MUX 4x10-11.1G XFP circuit packs
— eDC40G ULH OCLD 1xOTU3+ DWDM C-Band circuit packs
— eDC40G ULH OCLD 1xOTU3 DWDM Submarine C-Band circuit
packs
— Optical Supervisory and Idler Channel circuit pack (OSIC) circuit
packs

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— Inline Submarine Supervisory (ISS C-Band) circuit pack

— eDC100G OCLD 1xOTU4 DWDM circuit packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Enh PMD with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
circuit packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Long Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
circuit packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Regional with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band circuit
packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Metro with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band circuit
packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
circuit packs
— 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium Long Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4
C-Band circuit packs
— Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Long Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
circuit packs
— Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Submarine with EDFA 1xOTU4 C-Band
circuit packs
— Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD Premium Long Haul with EDFA 1xOTU4
C-Band circuit packs
— 10x10G MUX 10GE 10xSFP+ circuit packs
— 10x10G MUX Multi-Protocol 10xXFP circuit packs
— 100G OCI 100GE 1xCFP circuit packs
— 100G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit packs
— OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP circuit packs
— OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP circuit packs
• Ethernet-based circuit packs including:
— L2 MOTR 2xXFP/10xSFP circuit packs
— eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ circuit packs
— eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP circuit packs
— Flex MOTR 8xSFP, 2xXFP circuit packs
• Photonic circuit packs and modules including:
— OSC w/WSC 2 Port SFP 2 Port 10/100BT (2xOSC) circuit packs
— Single Line Amplifier (SLA C-Band) circuit packs
— Fixed Gain Amplifier (FGA C-Band) circuit packs
— Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA C-Band) circuit packs

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— Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA L-Band) circuit packs

— Midstage Line Amplifier 2 (MLA2 C-Band) circuit packs
— Midstage Line Amplifier 2 (MLA2 C-Band) with variable optical
attenuator (VOA) circuit packs
— Midstage Line Amplifier 3 (MLA3 C-Band) circuit packs
— Line Interface Module (LIM C-Band) circuit packs
— Line Interface Module (LIM L-Band) circuit packs
— Single Line Raman Amplifier (SRA C-Band) w/Optical Service
Channel (OSC) 1xSFP 10/100 BT WSC circuit packs
— Service Access Module (SAM C-Band) w/Optical Service Channel
(OSC) 1xSFP 10/100 BT WSC circuit packs
— Enhanced Service Access Module (ESAM C-Band) w/Optical Service
Channel (OSC) 1xSFP 10/100 BT WSC circuit packs
— Switchable Line Amplifier (XLA C-Band) circuit packs
— WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 circuit packs
— WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 circuit packs (double slot-wide variant)
— WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 circuit packs (single slot-wide variant)
— WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 4x1 circuit packs
— WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (triple slot-wide variant)
— WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (double slot-wide variant)
— WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (double slot-wide variant)
— WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (triple slot-wide variant) circuit packs
— WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single slot-wide variant) circuit packs
— Optical Power Monitor (OPM C-Band) 2 Port circuit packs
— 4 Channel Mux/Demux (SCMD4) 100 GHz C-Band circuit packs
— Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 C-Band) circuit packs
— Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 Flex C-Band) circuit packs
— Selective Mux/Demux (SMD) 50 GHz C-Band 8x1 circuit packs
— 12 Channel Colorless Mux/Demux (CCMD12 C-Band) circuit packs
— Optical multiplexers (OMX) optical modules
— 44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 100 GHz C-Band optical modules
— Enhanced 44 Channel Mux/Demux (eCMD44) 100 GHz C-Band
modules
— 44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band (Blue) optical
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— 44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band (Red) optical

modules
— Enhanced 44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band (Blue)
optical modules
— Enhanced 44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz C-Band (Red)
optical modules
— 4 Channel Optical Mux/Demux (OMD4) 100 GHz C-Band optical
modules
— Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 (BMD2) optical modules
— Upgrade Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 (UBMD2) module
— Monitor Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 (MBMD2) module
— Dispersion Slope Compensation Modules (DSCM)
— 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer chassis
— 6-slot passive photonic chassis (PPC6)
— CN-100-x4L and CN-100-x4H 4-channel Optical Mux/Demux Filter
(OMDF4) 100 GHz optical modules
— CN-100-x80 8-channel Optical Mux/Demux Filter (OMDF8) 100 GHz
optical modules
— Band splitter 100 GHz modules optical modules
— CN-51S-00 Optical Service Channel Filter (1-Ch OSCF CWDM 1511
nm) optical modules
— 2110 shelves
— 2110-Tx-xxxx Dispersion Compensation Modules (DCMs) (Type 1 and
Type 5)
— Optical Service Channel (OSC) Filter (1516.9 nm) module
(NTK504BA)
• OPS circuit pack and module including:
— 4xOptical Protection Switch (4xOPS C-Band 1xOPSM2) circuit packs
— 2xOptical Protection Switch Module (OPSM2 C-Band) optical modules
• Optical transport network (OTN) and Packet (PKT) circuit packs including:
— 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs
— 16xFLEX OTN I/F circuit packs
— 100G OTN XCIF circuit packs
— 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs

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Table 2-7 lists the newly supported common equipment, chassis, circuit
packs, and modules in this release of 6500 with reference to their detailed
information in circuit pack-based documents (323-1851-102.x).

Table 2-7
New common equipment, circuit packs, and modules 6500 Release 10.0

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Shelf, common equipment, and External equipment

6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly NTK503RA Part 1 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA

(Chapter 3)

X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 NTK615BA Common Equipment 323-1851-102.1

circuit pack

X-Conn 3200G PKT/OTN Type 2 NTK616BA

circuit pack

50A Power Input Card (breakered) - NTK505CC

2-Wire D-Sub Input

Fused Power Input Card - 2-Wire NTK505EC

D-Sub Input, Max 50A

Access Panel for 6500-7 NTK505JA

packet-optical shelf

Cooling Fan Module for 6500-7 NTK507QA

packet-optical shelf

Broadband circuit packs

eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ NTK536AB Data and Layer 2 Circuit 323-1851-102.7

Packs
eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP NTK536FB

OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP NTK532DE Broadband, SuperMux, 323-1851-102.5

circuit pack and OTN FLEX MOTR
Circuit Packs

Optical transport network (OTN) I/F, Packet (PKT) I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs

PKT/OTN XC I/F 100G NTK665AA OTN I/F, PKT I/F and 323-1851-102.8
PKT/OTN I/F Circuit
PKT/OTN I/F 100G 10xXFP NTK667AA Packs

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Table 2-7 (continued)

New common equipment, circuit packs, and modules 6500 Release 10.0

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Submarine circuit packs

Inline Submarine Supervisory (ISS NTK528YA 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, 323-1851-102.4
C-Band) and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs

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Supported slots for interface circuit packs and modules

The 6500 allows the user to provision any interface circuit pack or module type
in any service interface slot as described in the following sections.

Support in individual shelf types (individual tables)

Table 2-8 shows supported interface/slot numbering roadmap (individual
tables).

Table 2-8
6500 supported interface/slot numbering roadmap (individual tables)

6500 shelf type Platforms/services (circuit packs)

MSPP Broadband Photonic OPS OTN I/F,
PKT I/F, and
PKT/OTN I/F
6500 2-slot shelves: Not See Table 2-9 on page 2-88 Not
• NTK503MAE5: 6500 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN supported supported
Flex MOTR 8xSFP (DC-powered)
• NTK503NAE5: 6500 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN
Flex MOTR 8xSFP (AC-powered)
• NTK503LA: 6500 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf
assembly
6500 7-slot shelves: Not See Table 2-10 on page 2-91
• NTK503PAE5: 6500 7-slot optical shelf supported
assembly
• NTK503KA: 6500 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf
assembly
6500-7 packet-optical shelf: Not
• NTK503RA: 6500-7 packet-optical shelf supported
assembly in this
release

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Table 2-8 (continued)

6500 supported interface/slot numbering roadmap (individual tables)

6500 shelf type Platforms/services (circuit packs)

MSPP Broadband Photonic OPS OTN I/F,
PKT I/F, and
PKT/OTN I/F
6500 14-slot shelves: See Table 2-11 on page 2-97
• NTK503AA: 6500 14-slot optical shelf
assembly
• NTK503AB/NTK503ABE5: 6500 14-slot
optical shelf assembly
• NTK503BA/NTK503BAE5: 6500 14-slot
optical/front electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503CA/NTK503CAE5: 6500 14-slot
optical/rear electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503CCE5: 6500 14-slot optical/rear
electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503GA/NTK503GAE5: 6500 14-slot
metro front electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503ADE5: 6500 14-slot converged
optical shelf assembly
• NTK503BDE5: 6500 14-slot converged
optical/front electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503CDE5: 6500 14-slot converged
optical/rear electrical shelf assembly
• NTK503SA: 6500 14-slot packet-optical shelf
assembly
6500 32-slot shelves: See Table 2-12 on page 2-108
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB: 6500 32-slot
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6500 2-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots

Table 2-9 shows supported interface circuit packs/modules/chassis and their
supported slots in 2-slot shelf types.

Table 2-9
6500 2-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (Broadband/Photonic/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 2-slot shelf types
NTK503MAE5 and NTK503LA variant
NTK503NAE5 variants
Broadband interface circuit packs
• 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT Not supported 1 and 2 (only when the shelf
(NTK530xAE5) is equipped with SPAP-2
• 10GEL WT (NTK530xBE5) w/2xOSC)

• 10G OTU2 WT (NTK530xCE5)

• SuperMux with integrated DWDM 1 and 2
(NTK535EAE5, NTK535EBE5)
• SuperMux with XFP (NTK535FAE5)
• 4x10G OTR (NTK530QA, NTK530QM)
• 10G OTSC (NTK528AAE5)
• 2.5G MOTR (NTK530NAE5,
NTK530NCE5)
• L2 MOTR (NTK531VAE5)
• FLEX MOTR (NTK531YAE5)
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532BAE5)
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532DA
and NTK532DE)
2x10G OTR (NTK530PAE5, 1 and 2 1 and 2
NTK530PGE5, NTK530PME5) (not supported for (for NTK530PAE5 variant of
NTK530PAE5 variant of 2x10G OTR, when the shelf
2x10G OTR) is equipped with SPAP-2
w/2xOSC)
• 40G OCLD (NTK539PxE5) Not supported 1 or 2
• 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5) (see Note 1)

• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant)

eMOTR (NTK536AA and NTK536AB Not supported 1 and 2
variants) (see Note 2 and Note 3)
eMOTR (NTK536FA and NTK536FB Not supported 1
variants) (see Note 2)

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Table 2-9 (continued)

6500 2-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (Broadband/Photonic/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 2-slot shelf types
NTK503MAE5 and NTK503LA variant
NTK503NAE5 variants
Photonic interface circuit packs
• SLA (NTK552AAE5) Not supported 1 and 2 (only when the shelf
• MLA (C-Band) (NTK552BAE5) is equipped with SPAP-2
w/2xOSC)
• MLA (L-Band) (NTK552BL)
• MLA2 (NTK552FAE5)
• MLA2 w/VOA (NTK552FB)
• MLA3 (NTK552GAE5)
• LIM (C-Band) (NTK552DAE5)
• LIM (L-Band) (NTK552DL)
• SCMD4 (NTK508AxE5)
• FGA (NTK552AB)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single
slot-wide variant) (NTK553KAE5)
Photonic interface modules/chassis
• OMX (NT0H32xx) Three external slots (25 to 27) • When the shelf is equipped
• CMD44 (NTT862xxE5) in integrated access panel and with SPAP: Three external
four virtual slots (29 to 32) slots (83 to 85) in SPAP and
• OMD4 (NTK504AxE5) nine virtual slots (91 to 99)
• BMD2 (NTT862DAE5) • When the shelf is equipped
• UBMD2 (NTT862DCE5) with SPAP-2 w/2xOSC:
• MBMD2 (NTT862DDE5) Eight external slots (83 to
90) in SPAP-2 w/2xOSC
• DSCM (NTT870xx) and nine virtual slots (91 to
• 2150 chassis (B-310-0142-001) 99)
• PPC6 (174-0040-900) (see Note 4)
• 2110 DCM (various ordering codes)
OPS interface circuit packs
4xOPS (NTK554TA) 1 and 2

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Table 2-9 (continued)

6500 2-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (Broadband/Photonic/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 2-slot shelf types
NTK503MAE5 and NTK503LA variant
NTK503NAE5 variants
Note 1: In a 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503LA) and when one 40G OCLD circuit pack is
mated with one 40G+ CFP OCI circuit pack (OTR configuration), the 40G OCLD can be in slot 1 or 2
and the 40G+ CFP OCI circuit pack can be in other slot. Similarly, one 40G OCLD circuit pack is mated
with one 40G MUX OCI circuit pack (NTK525CFE5 variant) (MOTR configuration), the 40G OCLD can
be in slot 1 or 2 and the 40G MUX OCI circuit pack can be in other slot.
Note 2: The eMOTR circuit packs are only supported in NTK503LA variant of 2-slot shelf when the shelf
is equipped with
— Power Input Card (breakerless) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 10A (NTK505TA) or
AC Power Input Card (100 - 240 Vac) (NTK505SB), and
— SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA).
Note 3: The eMOTR circuit pack (NTK536AA or NTK536AB variant) cannot be mated in a 2-slot shelf.
Note 4: If you equip the passive modules (half-width modules OMDF4, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF
equipped in subslots 1 to 6 and full-width module OMDF8 equipped in subslots 1 and 4) in a PPC6, the
6500 supports autoprovisioning and automatic inventory via the built-in PPC6 processor which
interfaces directly with the 6500 shelf access panel. Note that the passive modules OMDF4, OMDF8,
BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF do not directly report to the 6500 shelf access panel.

6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 shelf supported circuit

packs/modules/chassis and slots
Table 2-10 shows supported interface circuit packs/modules/chassis and their
supported slots in 7-slot and 6500-7 shelf types.

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Table 2-10
6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
Broadband interface circuit packs
• 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT (NTK530xAE5) 1-7 1-6
• 10GEL WT (NTK530xBE5)
• 10G OTU2 WT (NTK530xCE5)
• SuperMux with integrated DWDM (NTK535EAE5, NTK535EBE5)
• SuperMux with XFP (NTK535FAE5)
• L2 MOTR (NTK531VAE5)
• FLEX MOTR (NTK531YAE5)
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532BAE5)
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532DA and NTK532DE)
• 10G OTR (NTK530MA)
• 2x10G OTR (NTK530PAE5, NTK530PGE5, NTK530PME5)
• 4x10G OTR (NTK530QA, NTK530QM)
• 10G OTSC (NTK528AAE5)
• 2.5G MOTR (NTK530NAE5, NTK530NCE5)
• 40G OCLD (NTK539PxE5)
• Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD (NTK539RxE5)
• 40G OCI (NTK529SAE5), 40/43G OCI (NTK529SDE5), and
40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CAE5 variant)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant)
• eMOTR (NTK536AA and NTK536AB variants) (see Note 1)
• OSIC (NTK528XAE5)
• ISS C-Band (NTK528YA)

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Table 2-10 (continued)

6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
• 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Ux) 1-6 (see Note 2)
• Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Bx)
• 10x10G MUX (NTK529BBE5)
• 10x10GE MUX (NTK529BAE5)
• 100GE OCI (NTK529AAE5)
• 100G OCI (NTK529AC)
• eMOTR (NTK536FA and NTK536FB variants) (see Note 1) 1-6 1-5
• 40G UOCLD (NTK539XAE5, NTK539XEE5) (see Note 4)
• 100G OCLD (NTK539TxE5) (see Note 2)
Photonic interface circuit packs
• 2-Port OPM (NTK553PAE5) (see Note 5) 1-7 1-8
• FGA (NTK552AB)
• MLA2 w/VOA (NTK552FB)
• MLA3 (NTK552GAE5)
• 2xOSC (NTK554BAE5) (see Note 6)
• SRA (NTK552JA) (see Note 6)
• XLA (NTK552KA)
• SAM (NTK552JN) (see Note 6)
• ESAM (NTK552JT) (see Note 6)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 4x1 (NTK553HA)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single slot-wide variant) (NTK553JB)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single slot-wide variant)
(NTK553KAE5)

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Table 2-10 (continued)

6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
• SLA (NTK552AAE5) 1-7 1-6
• MLA (C-Band) (NTK552BAE5) (see Note 7)

• MLA (L-Band) (NTK552BL)

• MLA2 (NTK552FAE5)
• LIM (C-Band) (NTK552DAE5)
• LIM (L-Band) (NTK552DL)
• SCMD4 (NTK508AxE5)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5) 1-6 (see Note 8) 1-5
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (double slot-wide variant) (see Note 7 and
(NTK553JAE5) Note 9)

• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (double slot-wide variant) (NTK553FC) 1-6 1-7
• WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 (double slot-wide variant) (see Note 8) (see Note 10)
(NTK553LA)
• SLIC10 (NTK554HA)
• SLIC10 Flex (NTK554HC)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (triple slot-wide variant) 1-5 1-4
(NTK553FAE5) (see Note 11) (see Note 7 and
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (triple slot-wide variant) Note 12)
(NTK553KCE5)

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Table 2-10 (continued)

6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
Photonic interface modules/chassis
• OMX (NT0H32xx) • NTK503PAE5 Four external slots
• CMD44 (NTT862xxE5) shelf variant: (83 to 86) in access
Four external panel and nine
• OMD4 (NTK504AxE5) slots (83 to 86) virtual slots (91 to
• BMD2 (NTT862DAE5) in access panel 99)
• UBMD2 (NTT862DCE5) and nine virtual
slots (91 to 99)
• MBMD2 (NTT862DDE5)
• NTK503KA
• DSCM (NTT870xx) shelf variant:
• 2150 chassis (B-310-0142-001) Eight external
• PPC6 (174-0040-900) (see Note 13) slots (83 to 90)
in SPAP-2
• 2110 DCM (various ordering codes) w/2xOSC and
nine virtual slots
(91 to 99)
OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs (see Note 14 and Note 15)
• 40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with a Wavelength- Not supported 2, 4, 6 (see Note 16)
selective 40G OCLD, 40G OCLD,
40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant) circuit
pack
• 100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if mated with a 100G
WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (in QPSK mode),
or 100G OCI circuit pack
• 40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with a 40G UOCLD circuit Not supported 1 and 6
pack (see Note 16)
• 100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if mated with a Flex2
WaveLogic 3 OCLD (in BPSK mode) or 100G OCI circuit pack
• 16xFLEX OTN I/F (NTK622AA) Not supported 1 to 6 (see Note 16)
• 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F (NTK667AA)
OPS interface circuit packs
4xOPS (NTK554TA) 1-7 1-8

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6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
Note 1: To support eMOTR circuit packs on a 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA) when equipped with
AC power input cards, the shelf requires the minimum of following power setup:
— two working AC power input cards and one protection AC power input card, or
— two AC power input cards and two protection AC power input cards.
To support full-filled eMOTR circuit packs on a 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA) when equipped with
AC power input cards, the shelf requires three working AC power input cards and one protection AC power
input card.
Note 2: This release of 6500 supports ODU4 connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).
Note 3: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 4: This release of 6500 supports ODU3+ connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).

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6500 7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf interface/slot numbering
(Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit packs)

Circuit pack or module type 7-slot shelf 6500-7

types packet-optical
shelf type
NTK503PAE5 NTK503RA
and NTK503KA
variants
Note 5: A maximum of four 2-Port OPM circuit packs (NTK553PAE5)can be provisioned in a 6500-7
packet-optical or 7-slot shelf at the same time.
Note 6: Although 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs can be equipped in slots 1 to 8 of a 6500-7
packet-optical shelf and slots 1 to 7 of a 7-slot shelf, it is recommended to use slots 1 and/or 8 of the 6500-7
packet-optical shelf (for the first pair of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs) and slots 1 and/or 7 of
the 7-slot shelf (for the first pair of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs) if there is an intention to use
Wayside traffic on the circuit pack now or in the future. Channels for electrical cable management within the
6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA) or 7-slot shelf (NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA) fibre management
tray associated with slots 1 to 8 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, slots 1 and 7 of the 7-slot shelf allow for
routing of two RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cables to each of those slots. These channels are separated from
the fibre routing area and can be used to connect to the two Wayside Ethernet ports found on the 2xOSC
circuit pack or one Wayside Ethernet port found on the SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit pack. The Wayside
Ethernet ports are intended for intrabuilding use only. For the NTK503KA variant of 7-slot shelf, it is
recommended to use the integrated 2xOSC on the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA); the second choice is to
equip a 2xOSC circuit pack in slot 1.
Note 7: This circuit pack is not supported for use in slots 7 and 8 of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
(NTK503RA). Contact your Ciena representative for more information.
Note 8: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 7 of a 7-slot shelf since this is a double-slot circuit pack.
Note 9: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 6 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
double-slot circuit pack.
Note 10: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 8 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
double-slot circuit pack.
Note 11: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 6 and 7 of a 7-slot shelf since this is a triple-slot circuit
pack.
Note 12: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 5 and 6 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
triple-slot circuit pack.
Note 13: If you equip the passive modules (half-width modules OMDF4, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF
equipped in subslots 1 to 6 and full-width module OMDF8 equipped in subslots 1 and 4) in a PPC6, the 6500
supports autoprovisioning and automatic inventory via the built-in PPC6 processor which interfaces directly
with the 6500 shelf access panel. Note that the passive modules OMDF4, OMDF8, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5,
and OSCF do not directly report to the 6500 shelf access panel.
Note 14: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
type, it is mandatory to use dual PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 15: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 6500-7 packet-optical shelf,
PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 16: This circuit pack is supported in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA) only when the
shelf is equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.

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6500 14-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots

Table 2-11 shows supported interface circuit packs/modules/chassis and their
supported slots in 14-slot shelf types.

Table 2-11
6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
MSPP interface circuit packs (Note 1)
• 8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 (NTK513MAE5, 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 2)
NTK513DAE5)
• 2xOC-48/STM-16 (NTK516BAE5,
NTK517BAE5)
• 16xOC-n/STM-n (NTK512FAE5,
NTK513FAE5, NTK512GAE5,
NTK513GAE5)
• 8xOC-n/STM-n (NTK511AA)
• 4xGE (NTK535LAE5, NTK535LBE5)
• L2SS (NTK531BAE5)
• 20G L2SS (NTK531HAE5)
• PDH gateway (NTK531MAE5)
• RPR (NTK534BAE5)
• 1xOC-192/STM-64 (NTK523xxE5, 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 2) • 5, 6, 9, and 10
NTK524xxE5, NTK526xxE5, • 1-4 and 11-14 if the shelf is
NTK527xxE5) equipped with a 160G+ or
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n HO 20G higher capacity cross-connect
(NTK521CAE5) circuit pack
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n OTN HO 20G
(NTK521DAE5)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n LO 20G
(NTK522CAE5)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n OTN LO 20G
(NTK522DAE5)

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Trans Mux (NTK558DAE5) Not supported 1-6 and 9-14
24x10/100BT (NTK548BAE5) Not supported • 1-4 and 9-12 in electrical
shelves other than metro front
electrical shelf (NTK503GA)
• only in slots 5 and 6 in metro
front electrical shelf
(NTK503GA)
24x10/100BT with 8xSFP (NTK548MAE5) 1-4 and 9-12 (see Note 2) • 1-4 and 9-12 in electrical and
optical shelves
• also 5 and 6 of metro front
electrical shelf (NTK503GA)
1x10GE EPL (NTK533AAE5) 1-6 or 9-14 (see Note 2) • 1-6 or 9-14
and
• also 5, 6, 9, and 10
(see Note 3)
• Working 63xE1 (NTK541BAE5) Not supported 1-4 and 9-12 in electrical
• Working 16xSTM-1e (NTK546CAE5) shelves

• Protection 63xE1 (NTK541PAE5) Not supported 13 and 14 in electrical shelves

• Protection 16xSTM-1e (NTK546NAE5)
• Working 24xDS3/EC-1 (NTK543NAE5) Not supported • 1-4 and 9-12 in electrical
• Working 24xDS3/E3 (NTK543CAE5) shelves other than metro front
electrical shelf
• only in slots 5 and 6 in metro
front electrical shelf
(NTK503GA)
• Protection 24xDS3/EC-1 (NTK544NAE5) Not supported 13 and 14 in electrical shelves
• Protection 24xDS3/E3 (NTK544CAE5) other than metro front electrical
shelf (NTK503GA)

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
DS1 service module, DS1 termination 1 and 2 of DSM shelf (slot 1 working, slot 2 protection)
module circuit packs (NTN313AA)
(see Note 4)
• 40G XCIF (NTK525FAE5) if mated with a
40G OCLD or Wavelength-selective 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14
40G OCLD circuit pack (see Note 2) (see Note 5)
or
40G UOCLD circuit pack 1, 6, 9, and 14 (see Note 2)

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Broadband interface circuit packs
• 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT 1-6 or 9-14 1-14
(NTK530xAE5) (see Note 6) (see Note 7)
• 10GEL WT (NTK530xBE5)
• 10G OTU2 WT (NTK530xCE5)
• 10G OTR (NTK530MA)
• 2x10G OTR (NTK530PAE5,
NTK530PGE5, NTK530PME5)
• 4x10G OTR (NTK530QA, NTK530QM)
• 10G OTSC (NTK528AAE5)
• 2.5G MOTR (NTK530NAE5,
NTK530NCE5)
• SuperMux with integrated DWDM
(NTK535EAE5, NTK535EBE5)
• L2 MOTR (NTK531VAE5)
• FLEX MOTR (NTK531YAE5)
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532BAE5)
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532DA and
NTK532DE)
• 40G OCLD (NTK539PxE5)
• Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD
(NTK539RxE5)
• 40G OCI (NTK529SAE5)
• 40/43G OCI (NTK529SDE5)
• 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CAE5 variant)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant)
• OSIC (NTK528XAE5)
ISS C-Band (NTK528YA) 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 of converged shelves
(see Note 6) (see Note 7)

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
SuperMux with XFP (NTK535FAE5) 1-6 and 9-14
eMOTR (NTK536AA and NTK536AB 1-6 and 9-14 1-6 or 9-14 of converged
variants) (see Note 6) shelves
eMOTR (NTK536FA and NTK536FB 1-5 and 9-13 1-5 and 9-13 of converged
variants) (see Note 6) shelves.
40G UOCLD (NTK539XAE5, 1-5 and 9-13 (see Note 8)
NTK539XEE5)
• 100G OCLD (NTK539TxE5) 1-5 and 9-13 (see Note 9) 1-5 and 9-13 of converged
• 100GE OCI (NTK529AAE5) shelves (see Note 9)

• 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Ux) 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 9) 1-6 and 9-14 of converged
• Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Bx) shelves (see Note 9)

• 10x10G MUX (NTK529BBE5)

• 10x10GE MUX (NTK529BAE5)
• 100G OCI (NTK529AC)
Photonic interface circuit packs
2-Port OPM (NTK553PAE5) 1-14 1-14
(see Note 10 and Note 11) (see Note 10, Note 11, and
Note 12)
• FGA (NTK552AB) 1-14 1-14
• MLA2 w/VOA (NTK552FB) (see Note 11) (see Note 11 and Note 12)

• MLA3 (NTK552GAE5)
CCMD12 (NTK508FAE5) 1-14 1-14
(see Note 11) (see Note 11 and Note 12)

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• 2xOSC (NTK554BAE5) (see Note 13) 1-14 except slots 7 and 8 1-14
• SLA (NTK552AAE5) (see Note 14) (see Note 11 and Note 12)

• MLA (C-Band) (NTK552BAE5)

• MLA (L-Band) (NTK552BL)
• MLA2 (NTK552FAE5)
• LIM (C-Band) (NTK552DAE5)
• LIM (L-Band) (NTK552DL)
• SCMD4 (NTK508AxE5)
• SRA (NTK552JA) (see Note 13) 1-14 1-14
• XLA (NTK552KA) (see Note 11) (see Note 11 and Note 12)

• SAM (NTK552JN) (see Note 13)

• ESAM (NTK552JT) (see Note 13)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 4x1 (NTK553HA)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single
slot-wide variant) (NTK553JB)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single
slot-wide variant) (NTK553KAE5)
SMD 50 GHz 8x1 (NTK553GAE5) 1-13 1-13
(see Note 11 and (see Note 11, Note 12, and Note
Note 15) 15)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 1-13 except slots 7 and 8 1-13
(NTK553EAE5) (see Note 14 and Note 15) (see Note 11, Note 12, and
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (double Note 15)
slot-wide variant) (NTK553JAE5)

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packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (double 1-13 1-13
slot-wide variant) (NTK553FC) (see Note 11 and Note 15) (see Note 11, Note 12, and
• WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 (double Note 15)
slot-wide variant) (NTK553LA)
• SLIC10 (NTK554HA)
• SLIC10 Flex (NTK554HC)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (triple slot-wide 1-12 except slots 7 and 8 1-12
variant) (NTK553FAE5) (see Note 14 and Note 16) (see Note 11, Note 12, and
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (triple slot-wide Note 16)
variant) (NTK553KCE5)
Photonic interface modules/chassis
• OMX (NT0H32xx) Eight external slots (83 to 90) in access panel and nine virtual
• CMD44 (NTT862xxE5) slots (91 to 99)

• OMD4 (NTK504AxE5)
• BMD2 (NTT862DAE5)
• UBMD2 (NTT862DCE5)
• MBMD2 (NTT862DDE5)
• DSCM (NTT870xx)
• 2150 chassis (B-310-0142-001)
• PPC6 (174-0040-900) (see Note 17)
• 2110 DCM (various ordering codes)
• OSC Filter (1516.9 nm) (NTK504BA)
OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs (Note 18 and Note 19)
40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 Not supported
a Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD, (see Note 20)
40G OCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX
OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant) circuit pack

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packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with 1, 6, 9, and 14 (see Note 20) Not supported
a 40G UOCLD circuit pack
100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14 Not supported
mated with a 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, (see Note 21)
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (in QPSK
mode), or 100G OCI circuit pack
100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if 1, 6, 9, 14 Not supported
mated with a Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (in (see Note 21)
BPSK mode) circuit pack
16xFLEX OTN I/F (NTK622AA) 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 20) Not supported
10x10G PKT/OTN I/F (NTK667AA) 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 21) Not supported

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
OPS interface circuit packs
4xOPS (NTK554TA) 1-14 1-14
(see Note 22 and Note 23)
Note 1: For all supported MSPP circuit packs in 14-slot shelf types, SONET/SDH cross-connect circuit
packs are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 2: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf
is equipped with 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (NTK557EAE5) or 240G+/80G VT1.5/VC12 (NTK557GAE5)
cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 3: The supported slots are
— 1-6 or 9-14 when used with a 160G+ STS-1/VC-3 (160/0), 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (240/0), or 240G+/80G
VT1.5/VC-12 (240/80) cross-connect circuit pack.
— and also 5, 6, 9, and 10 when used with 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0). Slots
1 to 4 and 11 to 14 can be also used with 80G cross-connect circuit packs when only 5G of bandwidth
is required.
Note 4: DS1 interfaces are provided by the DSM 84xDS1 termination module (TM) circuit packs installed
in a separate DS1 service module (DSM) shelf. The DSM is interconnected to the 6500 through OC-3 links.
Note 5: In a 14-slot shelf, the 40G XCIF circuit pack is only supported in slots 6 and 10 when the shelf is
equipped with the 160G X-Conn circuit pack.
Note 6: Slots 7 and 8 of a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) cannot be equipped with these circuit
packs. For the full list of circuit packs that can/cannot be equipped in slots 7 and 8 of a 14-slot packet-optical
shelf (NTK503SA), refer to Table 2-19 on page 2-134.
Note 7: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 8: This release of 6500 supports ODU3+ connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).
Note 9: This release of 6500 supports ODU4 connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).

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6500 14-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Note 10: A maximum of four 2-Port OPM circuit packs (NTK553PAE5) can be provisioned in a 14-slot shelf
at the same time.
Note 11: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 12: Not supported in metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA).
Note 13: Although 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs can be equipped in slots 1 to 14 of a 14-slot
shelf, it is recommended to use slots 1 and/or 14 of the 14-slot shelf (for the first pair of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM,
or ESAM circuit packs) if there is an intention to use Wayside traffic on the circuit pack now or in the future.
Channels for electrical cable management within the 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA), 14-slot
converged optical shelf (NTK503ADE5), converged optical/front electrical shelf (NTK503BDE5), or
converged optical/rear electrical shelf (NTK503CDE5) fibre management tray associated with slots 1 and 14
of the 14-slot shelf allow for routing of two RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cables to each of those slots. These
channels are separated from the fibre routing area and can be used to connect to the two Wayside Ethernet
ports found on the 2xOSC circuit pack or one Wayside Ethernet port found on the SRA, SAM, or ESAM
circuit pack. The Wayside Ethernet ports are intended for intrabuilding use only.
Note 14: This circuit pack is not supported for use in slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf
(NTK503SA). Contact your Ciena representative for more information.
Note 15: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 14 of a 14-slot shelf since this is a double-slot circuit pack.
Note 16: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 13 and 14 of a 14-slot shelf since this is a triple-slot
circuit pack
Note 17: If you equip the passive modules (half-width modules OMDF4, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF
equipped in subslots 1 to 6 and full-width module OMDF8 equipped in subslots 1 and 4) in a PPC6, the 6500
supports autoprovisioning and automatic inventory via the built-in PPC6 processor which interfaces directly
with the 6500 shelf access panel. Note that the passive modules OMDF4, OMDF8, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5,
and OSCF do not directly report to the 6500 shelf access panel.
Note 18: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 14-slot packet-optical shelf
type, it is mandatory to use dual PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 19: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 14-slot packet-optical shelf,
PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 20: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the
shelf is equipped with 600G PKT/OTN (NTK615AA) or 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect
circuit packs.
Note 21: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the
shelf is equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.

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packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 14-slot shelf types
Packet-optical shelf type Other shelf types
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
NTK503BxE5/
NTK503CxE5/
NTK503ADE5/
NTK503BDE5/
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Note 22: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 23: Not supported in metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA).

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6500 32-slot shelf supported circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots

Table 2-12 shows supported interface circuit packs/modules/chassis and their
supported slots in 32-slot shelf types.

Table 2-12
6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
MSPP interface circuit packs (Note 1)
• 1xOC-192/STM-64 (NTK523xxE5, NTK524xxE5, 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
NTK526xxE5, NTK527xxE5) (see Note 2)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n HO 20G (NTK521CAE5)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n OTN HO 20G (NTK521DAE5)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n LO 20G (NTK522CAE5)
• (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n OTN LO 20G (NTK522DAE5)
• 8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 (NTK513MAE5, NTK513DAE5)
• 2xOC-48/STM-16 (NTK516BAE5, NTK517BAE5)
• 16xOC-n/STM-n (NTK512FAE5, NTK513FAE5,
NTK512GAE5, NTK513GAE5)
• 8xOC-n/STM-n (NTK511AA)
• 24x10/100BT with 8xSFP (NTK548MAE5)
• 1x10GE EPL (NTK533AAE5)
• 4xGE (NTK535LAE5, NTK535LBE5)
• L2SS (NTK531BAE5)
• 20G L2SS (NTK531HAE5)
• PDH gateway (NTK531MAE5)
• RPR (NTK534BAE5)

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
DS1 service module, DS1 termination module circuit 1 and 2 of DSM shelf (slot 1 working, slot 2
packs (NTN313AA) (see Note 3) protection)
• 40G XCIF (NTK525FAE5) if mated with a
40G OCLD or Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD circuit 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34,
pack 36, 38 (see Note 2)
or
40G UOCLD circuit pack 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, 33 and 38 (see Note 2)

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
Broadband interface circuit packs
• 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT (NTK530xAE5) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
• 10GEL WT (NTK530xBE5)
• 10G OTU2 WT (NTK530xCE5)
• SuperMux with integrated DWDM (NTK535EAE5,
NTK535EBE5)
• SuperMux with XFP (NTK535FAE5)
• L2 MOTR (NTK531VAE5)
• FLEX MOTR (NTK531YAE5)
• 8xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532BAE5)
• (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR (NTK532DA and
NTK532DE)
• 10G OTR (NTK530MA)
• 2x10G OTR (NTK530PAE5, NTK530PGE5,
NTK530PME5)
• 4x10G OTR (NTK530QA, NTK530QM)
• 10G OTSC (NTK528AAE5)
• 2.5G MOTR (NTK530NAE5, NTK530NCE5)
• 40G OCLD (NTK539PxE5)
• Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD (NTK539RxE5)
• 40G OCI (NTK529SAE5), 40/43G OCI, and
(NTK529SDE5)
• 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CAE5 variant)
• 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant)
• eMOTR (NTK536AA and NTK536AB variants) (see
Note 4)
• OSIC (NTK528XAE5)
• ISS C-Band (NTK528YA)

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
• 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Ux) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38 (see Note 5)
• Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (NTK539Bx)
• 10x10G MUX (NTK529BBE5)
• 10x10GE MUX (NTK529BAE5)
• 100G OCI (NTK529AC)
• eMOTR (NTK536FA and NTK536FB variants) 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, and 31-37
• 40G UOCLD (NTK539XAE5, NTK539XEE5)
(see Note 6)
• 100G OCLD (NTK539TxE5) (see Note 5)
• 100GE OCI (NTK529AAE5) (see Note 5)
Photonic interface circuit packs
• 2-Port OPM (NTK553PAE5) (see Note 7) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
• FGA (NTK552AB)
• MLA2 w/VOA (NTK552FB)
• MLA3 (NTK552GAE5)
• CCMD12 (NTK508FAE5)
• 2xOSC (NTK554BAE5) (see Note 8)
• SLA (NTK552AAE5)
• MLA (C-Band) (NTK552BAE5)
• MLA (L-Band) (NTK552BL)
• MLA2 (NTK552FAE5)
• LIM (C-Band) (NTK552DAE5)
• LIM (L-Band) (NTK552DL)
• SCMD4 (NTK508AxE5)
• SRA (NTK552JA) (see Note 8)
• XLA (NTK552KA)
• SAM (NTK552JN) (see Note 8)
• ESAM (NTK552JT) (see Note 8)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 4x1 (NTK553HA)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single slot-wide variant)
(NTK553JB)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (single slot-wide variant)
(NTK553KAE5)

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
• SMD 50 GHz 8x1 (NTK553GAE5) 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, and 31-37 (see Note 10)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5) (see
Note 9)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (double slot-wide variant)
(NTK553JAE5) (see Note 9)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (double slot-wide variant)
(NTK553FC)
• WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 (double slot-wide
variant) (NTK553LA)
• SLIC10 (NTK554HA)
• SLIC10 Flex (NTK554HC)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (triple slot-wide variant) 1-6, 11-16, 21-26, and 31-36
(NTK553FAE5) (see Note 11 and Note 12)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (triple slot-wide variant)
(NTK553KCE5)
Photonic interface modules/chassis
• OMX (NT0H32xx) 12 external slots (51 to 62) in access panel and
• CMD44 (NTT862xxE5) 20 virtual slots (63 to 82)

• OMD4 (NTK504AxE5)
• BMD2 (NTT862DAE5)
• UBMD2 (NTT862DCE5)
• MBMD2 (NTT862DDE5)
• DSCM (NTT870xx)
• 2150 chassis (B-310-0142-001)
• PPC6 (174-0040-900) (see Note 13)
• 2110 DCM (various ordering codes)
• OSC Filter (1516.9 nm) (NTK504BA)
OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs (Note 14 and Note 15)
40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with a 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14,16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34,
Wavelength-selective 40G OCLD, 40G OCLD, 36, 38
40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 (see Note 16)
variant) circuit pack
40G OTN XCIF (NTK620AA) if mated with a 40G 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, 33 and 38
UOCLD circuit pack (see Note 16)

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if mated with a 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14,16, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34,
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD 36, 38
(in QPSK mode), or 100G OCI circuit pack (see Note 17)
100G PKT/OTN XCIF (NTK665AA) if mated with a 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, 33, 38
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (in BPSK mode) circuit (see Note 17)
pack
16xFLEX OTN I/F (NTK622AA) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
(see Note 16)
10x10G PKT/OTN I/F (NTK667AA) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
(see Note 17)
OPS interface circuit packs
4xOPS (NTK554TA) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38
Note 1: For all supported MSPP circuit packs in 32-slot shelf types, SONET/SDH cross-connect circuit
packs are required in slots 9 and 10.
Note 2: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 640G+
STS-1/VC-3 (NTK610BBE5) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 3: DS1 interfaces are provided by the DSM 84xDS1 termination module (TM) circuit packs
installed in a separate DS1 service module (DSM) shelf. The DSM is interconnected to the 6500
through OC-3 links.
Note 4: If the eMOTR circuit packs are equipped in slots 31 to 38 of a 32-slot shelf type, make sure
the 6500 is running Release 10.05 software (or later releases).
Note 5: This release of 6500 supports ODU4 connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).
Note 6: This release of 6500 supports ODU3+ connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).

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6500 32-slot shelf interface/slot numbering (MSPP/Broadband/Photonic/PKT/OTN/OPS circuit
packs)

Circuit pack or module type Slot numbering for 32-slot shelf types
NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants
Note 7: A maximum of four 2-Port OPM circuit packs (NTK553PAE5) can be provisioned in a 32-slot
shelf at the same time.
Note 8: Although 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs can be equipped in slots 1-8, 11-18,
21-28, 31-38 of a 32-slot shelf, it is recommended to use slots 1, 18, 21, and/or 38 of the 32-slot shelf
if there is an intention to use Wayside traffic on the circuit pack now or in the future. Channels for
electrical cable management within the 32-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK603AAE5 or NTK603AB) fibre
management tray associated with slots 1, 18, 21, and 38 of the 32-slot shelf allow for routing of two
RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cables to each of those slots. These channels are separated from the fibre
routing area and can be used to connect to the two Wayside Ethernet ports found on the 2xOSC circuit
pack or one Wayside Ethernet port found on the SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit pack. The Wayside
Ethernet ports are intended for intrabuilding use only.
Note 9: Due to faceplate dimensions, the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit
pack cannot be equipped in slots 7/8 or 27/28 of 32-slot shelves:
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 01, 02 and 03
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 01 and 02
You must use the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit pack:
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 04 and above
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 03 and above
Note 10: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 8, 18, 28, and 38 of a 32-slot shelf since this is a
double-slot circuit pack.
Note 11: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 7, 8, 17, 18, 27, 28, or 37, and 38 of a 32-slot shelf
since this is a triple-slot circuit pack.
Note 12: A maximum of four triple-slot WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (NTK553FAE5) can be
provisioned in the 32-slot shelf and only one in any of the following slot groups; 1-6, 11-16, 21-26, and
31-36.
Note 13: If you equip the passive modules (half-width modules OMDF4, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and
OSCF equipped in subslots 1 to 6 and full-width module OMDF8 equipped in subslots 1 and 4) in a
PPC6, the 6500 supports autoprovisioning and automatic inventory via the built-in PPC6 processor
which interfaces directly with the 6500 shelf access panel. Note that the passive modules OMDF4,
OMDF8, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF do not directly report to the 6500 shelf access panel.
Note 14: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 32-slot shelf type, it is
mandatory to use dual PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 15: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 32-slot shelf, PKT/OTN
cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 9 and 10.
Note 16: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with
1600G PKT/OTN (NTK616AA) or 3200G PKT/OTN (NTK616BA) Type 2 cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 17: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with
3200G PKT/OTN (NTK616BA) Type 2 cross-connect circuit packs.

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Support in combined shelf types (comparison tables)

Table 2-13 shows supported interface/slot numbering roadmap (comparison
tables):

Table 2-13
6500 supported interface/slot numbering roadmap (comparison tables)

6500 service All shelf types

MSPP See Table 2-14 on page 2-115
Broadband See Table 2-15 on page 2-120
Photonic See Table 2-16 on page 2-125
OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F See Table 2-17 on page 2-131
OPS See Table 2-18 on page 2-133

Supported MSPP circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types
Table 2-14 shows supported MSPP interface circuit packs and their supported
slots in different 6500 shelf types.

Table 2-14
Interface/slot numbering (MSPP circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 1) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 2) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (NTK503RA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
/NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
• 8xOC-3/12/ 1-6 and 9-14 (see Note 3) 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, Not supported Not supported
STM-1/4 and 31-38 in this release
• 2xOC-48/STM-16 (see Note 4)

• 16xOC-n/STM-n
• 8xOC-n/STM-n
• 4xGE
• L2SS
• 20G L2SS
• PDH gateway
• RPR

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Interface/slot numbering (MSPP circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 1) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 2) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (NTK503RA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
/NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
• 1xOC-192/STM-64 1-6 and 9-14 • 5, 6, 9, and 10 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, Not supported Not supported
• (2+8)xOC-n/ (see Note 3) • 1-4 and 11-14 and 31-38 in this release
STM-n HO 20G if the shelf is (see Note 4)

• (2+8)xOC-n/ equipped with

STM-n OTN HO a 160G+ or
20G higher
capacity
• (2+8)xOC-n/ cross-connect
STM-n LO 20G circuit pack
• (2+8)xOC-n/
STM-n OTN LO
20G
Trans Mux Not supported 1-6 and 9-14 Not supported Not supported Not supported
24x10/100BT Not supported • 1-4 and 9-12 Not supported Not supported Not supported
in electrical
shelves other
than metro
front electrical
shelf
(NTK503GA)
• only in slots 5
and 6 in metro
front electrical
shelf
(NTK503GA)

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Interface/slot numbering (MSPP circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 1) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 2) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (NTK503RA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
/NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
24x10/100BT with 1-4 and 9-12 • 1-4 and 9-12 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, Not supported Not supported
8xSFP (see Note 3) in electrical and 31-38 in this release
and optical (see Note 4)
shelves
• also 5 and 6 of
metro front
electrical shelf
(NTK503GA)
1x10GE EPL 1-6 or 9-14 • 1-6 or 9-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, Not supported Not supported
(see Note 3) and and 31-38 in this release
(see Note 4)
• also 5, 6, 9,
and 10
(see Note 5)
• Working 63xE1 Not supported 1-4 and 9-12 in Not supported Not supported Not supported
• Working electrical
16xSTM-1e shelves

• Protection 63xE1 Not supported 13 and 14 in Not supported Not supported Not supported
• Protection electrical
16xSTM-1e shelves

Working Not supported • 1-4 and 9-12 Not supported Not supported Not supported
24xDS3/EC-1 and in electrical
DS3/E3 shelves other
than metro
front electrical
shelf
• only in slots 5
and 6 in metro
front electrical
shelf
(NTK503GA)

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Interface/slot numbering (MSPP circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 1) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 2) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (NTK503RA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
/NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
Protection Not supported 13 and 14 in Not supported Not supported Not supported
24xDS3/EC-1 and electrical
DS3/E3 shelves other
than metro front
electrical shelf
(NTK503GA)
DS1 service 1 and 2 of DSM shelf (slot 1 1 and 2 of DSM Not supported Not supported
module, DS1 working, slot 2 protection) shelf (slot 1 in this release
termination module working, slot 2
circuit packs protection)
(see Note 6)
• 40G XCIF If mated
with a
40G OCLD or 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, Not supported Not supported
Wavelength- 14 14 16, 18, 22, 24, 26, in this release
selective 40G (see Note 3) (see Note 7) 28, 32, 34, 36, 38
OCLD circuit pack (see Note 4)
or
40G UOCLD circuit 1, 6, 9, and 14 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, Not supported Not supported
pack (see Note 3) 33 and 38 in this release
(see Note 4)

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Table 2-14 (continued)

Interface/slot numbering (MSPP circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 1) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 2) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (NTK503RA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
/NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
Note 1: For all supported MSPP circuit packs in 14-slot shelf types, SONET/SDH cross-connect circuit packs
are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 2: For all supported MSPP circuit packs in 32-slot shelf types, SONET/SDH cross-connect circuit packs
are required in slots 9 and 10.
Note 3: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf
is equipped with 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (NTK557EAE5) or 240G+/80G VT1.5/VC12 (NTK557GAE5)
cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 4: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 640G+
STS-1/VC-3 (NTK610BBE5) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 5: The supported slots are
— 1-6 or 9-14 when used with a 160G+ STS-1/VC-3 (160/0), 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (240/0), or 240G+/80G
VT1.5/VC-12 (240/80) cross-connect circuit pack.
— and also 5, 6, 9, and 10 when used with 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0). Slots
1 to 4 and 11 to 14 can be also used with 80G cross-connect circuit packs when only 5G of bandwidth is
required.
Note 6: DS1 interfaces are provided by the DSM 84xDS1 termination module (TM) circuit packs installed in
a separate DS1 service module (DSM) shelf. The DSM is interconnected to the 6500 through OC-3 links.
Note 7: In a 14-slot shelf, the 40G XCIF circuit pack is only supported in slots 6 and 10 when the shelf is
equipped with the 160G X-Conn circuit pack.

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Supported Broadband circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types
Table 2-15 shows supported Broadband interface circuit packs and their
supported slots in different 6500 shelf types.

Table 2-15
Interface/slot numbering (Broadband circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• 10G 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2 (only
OC-192/STM-64 (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 NTK503LA
WT and NTK503KA variant when
• 10GEL WT & equipped with
SPAP-2
• 10G OTU2 WT 1-6 for w/2xOSC)
NTK503RA
• SuperMux with 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2
integrated DWDM (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
• L2 MOTR and NTK503KA

• FLEX MOTR &

• 8xOTN Flex MOTR 1-6 for

NTK503RA
• (1+8)xOTN Flex
MOTR
SuperMux with XFP 1-6 and 9-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2
and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
and NTK503KA
&
1-6 for
NTK503RA
10G OTR 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
(see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
and NTK503KA
&
1-6 for
NTK503RA

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Table 2-15 (continued)

Interface/slot numbering (Broadband circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• 2x10G OTR 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2 (for
• 4x10G OTR (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 NTK530PAE5
and NTK503KA variant of
• 10G OTSC 2x10G OTR,
&
• 2.5G MOTR only NTK503LA
1-6 for variant when
NTK503RA equipped with
SPAP-2
w/2xOSC)
• Wavelength- 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
selective 40G (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
OCLD and NTK503KA
• 40G OCI &
• 40/43G OCI 1-6 for
• 40G MUX OCI NTK503RA
(NTK525CAE5
variant)
• 40G OCLD 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 or 2
• 40G+ CFP OCI (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 (maximum 1
and NTK503KA and only in
• 40G MUX OCI NTK503LA
(NTK525CFE5 &
variant of 2-slot
variant) 1-6 for shelf)
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Interface/slot numbering (Broadband circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
eMOTR 1-6 and 9-14 1-6 and 9-14 of 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2
(NTK536AA and (see Note 1) converged and 31-38 (see NTK503PAE5 (only
NTK536AB shelves Note 3) and NTK503KA NTK503LA
variants) (see Note 4) variant and also
& see Note 5 and
Note 6)
1-6 for
NTK503RA
eMOTR 1-5 and 9-13 1-5 and 9-13 of 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for 1
(NTK536FA and (see Note 1) converged and 31-37 (see NTK503PAE5 (only
NTK536FB shelves Note 3) and NTK503KA NTK503LA
variants) (see Note 4) variant and also
& see Note 5)

1-5 for
NTK503RA
40G UOCLD 1-5 and 9-13 (see Note 7) 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for Not supported
and 31-37 NTK503PAE5
(see Note 7) and NTK503KA
&
1-5 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 7)
• OSIC 1-6 or 9-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
• ISS C-Band (see Note 1) (see Note 2) and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
and NTK503KA
&
1-6 for
NTK503RA

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Interface/slot numbering (Broadband circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
100G OCLD 1-5 and 9-13 1-5 and 9-13 of 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for Not supported
(see Note 8) converged and 31-37 (see NTK503PAE5
shelves (see Note 8) and NTK503KA
Note 8) &
1-5 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 8)
• 100G 1-6 and 9-14 1-6 and 9-14 of 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-6 Not supported
WaveLogic 3 (see Note 8) converged and 31-38 (see Note 8)
OCLD shelves (see (see Note 8)
• Flex2 Note 8)
WaveLogic 3
OCLD
• 10x10G MUX 1-6 and 9-14 1-6 and 9-14 of 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-6 Not supported
• 10x10GE MUX (see Note 8) converged and 31-38 (see (see Note 8)
shelves (see Note 8)
Note 8)
100GE OCI 1-5 and 9-13 1-5 and 9-13 of 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for Not supported
(see Note 8) converged and 31-37 NTK503PAE5
shelves (see (see Note 8) and NTK503KA
Note 8) &
1-5 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 8)
100G OCI 1-6 and 9-14 1-6 and 9-14 of 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-6 Not supported
(see Note 8) converged and 31-38 (see Note 8)
shelves (see (see Note 8)
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Interface/slot numbering (Broadband circuit packs)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Note 1: Slots 7 and 8 of a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) or 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
(NTK503RA) cannot be equipped with these circuit packs. For the full list of circuit packs that can/cannot be
equipped in slots 7 and 8 of a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) or 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
(NTK503RA), refer to Table 2-19 on page 2-134.
Note 2: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 3: If the eMOTR circuit packs are equipped in slots 31 to 38 of a 32-slot shelf type, make sure the 6500
is running Release 10.05 software (or later releases).
Note 4: To support eMOTR circuit packs on a 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA) when equipped with
AC power input cards, the shelf requires the minimum of following power setup:
— two working AC power input cards and one protection AC power input card, or
— two AC power input cards and two protection AC power input cards.
To support full-filled eMOTR circuit packs on a 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA) when equipped with
AC power input cards, the shelf requires three working AC power input cards and one protection AC power
input card.
Note 5: The eMOTR circuit packs are only supported in NTK503LA variant of 2-slot shelf when the shelf is
equipped with
— Power Input Card (breakerless) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 10A (NTK505TA) or
AC Power Input Card (100 - 240 Vac) (NTK505SB), and
— SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA).
Note 6: The eMOTR circuit pack (NTK536AA or NTK536AB variant) cannot be mated in a 2-slot shelf.
Note 7: This release of 6500 supports ODU3+ connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).
Note 8: This release of 6500 supports ODU4 connections only on certain slots. Refer to Part 1 of
Configuration - Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320 (Chapter 4).

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Supported Photonic circuit packs/modules/chassis and slots in different

6500 shelf types
Table 2-16 shows supported Photonic interface circuit packs, modules, and
chassis and their supported slots in different 6500 shelf types.

Table 2-16
Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Photonic interface circuit packs
2-Port OPM 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
(see Note 1 (see Note 1, and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
and Note 2) Note 2, and (see Note 1) and NTK503KA
Note 3) &
1-8 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 1)
• FGA 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2 (only
• MLA2 w/VOA (see Note 2) (see Note 2 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 NTK503LA
Note 3) and NTK503KA variant when
• MLA3 equipped with
&
SPAP-2
1-8 for w/2xOSC)
NTK503RA
CCMD12 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, Not supported Not supported
(see Note 2) (see Note 2 and and 31-38
Note 3)
2xOSC 1-14 except 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
(see Note 4) slots 7 and 8 (see Note 2 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
(see Note 5) Note 3) and NTK503KA
&
1-8 for
NTK503RA

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Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• SLA 1-14 except 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2 (only
• MLA (C-Band) slots 7 and 8 (see Note 2 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 NTK503LA
(see Note 5) Note 3) and NTK503KA variant when
• MLA (L-Band) equipped with
&
• MLA2 SPAP-2
1-6 for w/2xOSC)
• LIM (C-Band) NTK503RA
• LIM (L-Band) (see Note 5)
• SCMD4
• SRA (see Note 4) 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for Not supported
• XLA (see Note 2) (see Note 2 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
Note 3) and NTK503KA
• SAM (see Note 4)
&
• ESAM
(see Note 4) 1-8 for
NTK503RA
• WSS 100 GHz
w/OPM 4x1
• WSS 100 GHz
w/OPM 2x1 (single
slot-wide variant)
• WSS 50 GHz
w/OPM 2x1 (single
slot-wide variant)
WSS 50 GHz 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2 (only
w/OPM 2x1 (single (see Note 2) (see Note 2 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5 NTK503LA
slot-wide variant) Note 3) and NTK503KA variant when
& equipped with
SPAP-2
1-8 for w/2xOSC)
NTK503RA

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Table 2-16 (continued)

Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
SMD 50 GHz 8x1 1-13 1-13 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, Not supported Not supported
(see Note 2 (see Note 2, and 31-37
and Note 6) Note 3, and (see Note 7)
Note 6)
• WSS 100 GHz 1-13 except 1-13 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for Not supported
w/OPM 5x1 slots 7 and 8 (see Note 2, and 31-37 NTK503PAE5
• WSS 100 GHz (see Note 5 Note 3, and (see Note 7 and and NTK503KA
w/OPM 2x1 and Note 6) Note 6) Note 8) (see Note 9)
(double slot-wide &
variant) 1-5 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 5 and
Note 10)
• WSS 50 GHz 1-13 1-13 1-7, 11-17, 21-27, 1-6 for Not supported
w/OPM 9x1 (see Note 2 (see Note 2, and 31-37 NTK503PAE5
(double slot-wide and Note 6) Note 3, and (see Note 7) and NTK503KA
variant) Note 6) (see Note 9)
• WSS Flex C-Band &
w/OPM 9x1 1-7 for
(double slot-wide NTK503RA
variant) (see Note 11)
• SLIC10
• SLIC10 Flex

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Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
• WSS 50 GHz 1-12 except 1-12 1-6, 11-16, 21-26, 1-5 for Not supported
w/OPM 9x1 (triple slots 7 and 8 (see Note 2 and and 31-36 NTK503PAE5
slot-wide variant) (see Note 5 Note 3 and (see Note 13 and and NTK503KA
• WSS 50 GHz and Note 12) Note 12) Note 16) (see Note 14)
w/OPM 2x1 (triple &
slot-wide variant) 1-4 for
NTK503RA
(see Note 5 and
Note 15)
Photonic interface modules/chassis
• OMX • Slot numbers and number of slots for 14-slot shelves:
• CMD44 — Eight external slots (83 to 90) in access panel and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)
• OMD4 • Slot numbers and number of slots for 32-slot shelves:
• BMD2 — 12 external slots (51 to 62) in access panel and 20 virtual slots (63 to 82)
• UBMD2 • Slot numbers and number of slots for 7-slot shelves:
• MBMD2 — NTK503PAE5 variant of 7-slot shelf: Four external slots (83 to 86) in access panel
• DSCM and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)

• 2150 chassis — NTK503KA variant of 7-slot shelf: Eight external slots (83 to 90) in SPAP-2
w/2xOSC and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)
• PPC6
(see Note 17) • Slot numbers and number of slots for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf:

• 2110 DCM — Four external slots (83 to 86) in access panel and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)

• OSC Filter (1516.9 • Slot numbers and number of slots for 2-slot shelves (except for OSC Filter (1516.9 nm)
nm) where it is not supported in a 2-slot shelf):
— NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants of 2-slot shelf: Three external slots (25
to 27) in integrated access panel and four virtual slots (29 to 32)
— NTK503LA variant of 2-slot shelf equipped with SPAP (NTK555LA): Three external
slots (83 to 85) in SPAP and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)
— NTK503LA variant of 2-slot shelf equipped with SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA):
Eight external slots (83 to 90) in SPAP-2 w/2xOSC and nine virtual slots (91 to 99)

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Table 2-16 (continued)

Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Note 1: A maximum of four 2-Port OPM circuit packs (NTK553PAE5) can be provisioned in a 6500-7
packet-optical, 7-slot, 14-slot, or 32-slot shelf at the same time.
Note 2: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 3: Not supported in metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA).
Note 4: Although 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs can be equipped in slots 1 to 8 of a 6500-7
packet-optical shelf, slots 1 to 14 of a 14-slot shelf, slots 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 31-38 of a 32-slot shelf, and slots
1 to 7 of a 7-slot shelf, it is recommended to use slots 1 and/or 8 of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (for the
first pair of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs), slots 1 and/or 14 of the 14-slot shelf (for the first pair
of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs), slots 1, 18, 21, and/or 38 of the 32-slot shelf, and slots 1 and/or
7 of the 7-slot shelf (for the first pair of 2xOSC, SRA, SAM, or ESAM circuit packs) if there is an intention to
use Wayside traffic on the circuit pack now or in the future. Channels for electrical cable management within
the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA), 7-slot optical shelf (NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA), 32-slot
packet-optical shelf (NTK603AAE5 or NTK603AB), 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA), 14-slot
converged optical shelf (NTK503ADE5), converged optical/front electrical shelf (NTK503BDE5), or
converged optical/rear electrical shelf (NTK503CDE5) fibre management tray associated with slots 1 to 8 of
a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, slots 1 and 14 of the 14-slot shelf, slots 1, 18, 21, and 38 of the 32-slot shelf,
or slots 1 and 7 of the 7-slot shelf allow for routing of two RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cables to each of those
slots. These channels are separated from the fibre routing area and can be used to connect to the two
Wayside Ethernet ports found on the 2xOSC circuit pack or one Wayside Ethernet port found on the SRA,
SAM, or ESAM circuit pack. The Wayside Ethernet ports are intended for intrabuilding use only. For the
NTK503KA variant of 7-slot shelf, it is recommended to use the integrated 2xOSC on the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC
(NTK555NA); the second choice is to equip a 2xOSC circuit pack in slot 1.
Note 5: This circuit pack is not supported for use in slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf
(NTK503SA) or 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA). Contact your Ciena representative for more
information.
Note 6: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 14 of a 14-slot shelf since this is a double-slot circuit pack.
Note 7: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 8, 18, 28, and 38 since this is a double-slot circuit pack.

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Interface/slot numbering (Photonic circuit packs, modules, and chassis)

Circuit pack or Slot numbering

module type
14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
Note 8: Due to faceplate dimensions, the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit pack
cannot be equipped in slots 7/8 or 27/28 of 32-slot shelves:
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 01, 02 and 03
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 01 and 02
You must use the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit pack:
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 04 and above
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 03 and above
Note 9: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 7 of a 7-slot shelf since this is a double-slot circuit pack.
Note 10: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 6 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
double-slot circuit pack.
Note 11: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 8 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
double-slot circuit pack.
Note 12: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 13 and 14 of a 14-slot shelf since this is a triple-slot
circuit pack
Note 13: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slots 7, 8, 17, 18, 27, 28, or 37, and 38 of a 32-slot shelf since
this is a triple-slot circuit pack.
Note 14: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 6 and 7 of a 7-slot shelf since this is a triple-slot circuit
pack.
Note 15: This circuit pack cannot be placed in slot 5 and 6 of a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf since this is a
triple-slot circuit pack.
Note 16: A maximum of four triple-slot WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (NTK553FAE5) can be
provisioned in the 32-slot shelf and only one in any of the following slot groups; 1-6, 11-16, 21-26, and 31-36.
Note 17: If you equip the passive modules (half-width modules OMDF4, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and OSCF
equipped in subslots 1 to 6 and full-width module OMDF8 equipped in subslots 1 and 4) in a PPC6, the 6500
supports autoprovisioning and automatic inventory via the built-in PPC6 processor which interfaces directly
with the 6500 shelf access panel. Note that the passive modules OMDF4, OMDF8, BS1, BS2, BS3, BS5, and
OSCF do not directly report to the 6500 shelf access panel.

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Supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs and slots in
different 6500 shelf types
Table 2-17 shows supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F interface
circuit packs and their supported slots in different 6500 shelf types.

Table 2-17
Interface/slot numbering (OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs) (Note 1)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 2) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 3) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (see Note 4) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
(NTK503RA) /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
40G OTN XCIF If 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, Not supported 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 2, 4, 6 Not supported
mated with a 14 14,16, 18, 22, 24, (see Note 9)
Wavelength- (see Note 5) 26, 28, 32, 34, 36,
selective 40G 38
OCLD, 40G OCLD, (see Note 7)
40G+ CFP OCI, or
40G MUX OCI
(NTK525CFE5
variant) circuit pack
40G OTN XCIF If 1, 6, 9, and 14 Not supported 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, 1, 6 Not supported
mated with a 40G (see Note 5) 33 and 38 (see Note 9)
UOCLD circuit pack (see Note 7)
100G PKT/OTN 2, 4, 6, 10, 12, Not supported 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 2, 4, 6 Not supported
XCIF If mated with a 14 14,16, 18, 22, 24, (see Note 9)
100G WaveLogic 3 (see Note 6) 26, 28, 32, 34, 36,
OCLD, Flex2 38
WaveLogic 3 OCLD (see Note 8)
(in QPSK mode), or
100G OCI circuit
pack
100G PKT/OTN 1, 6, 9, 14 Not supported 1, 6, 13, 18, 21, 26, 1, 6 Not supported
XCIF If mated with a (see Note 6) 33, 38 (see Note 9)
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 (see Note 8)
OCLD (in BPSK
mode) circuit pack

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Interface/slot numbering (OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs) (Note 1)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types (Note 2) 32-slot shelf 6500-7 2-slot shelf
types (see Note 3) packet-optical types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ shelf type (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) (see Note 4) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
(NTK503RA) /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
and
NTK503CxE5/
7-slot shelf
NTK503ADE5/
types
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503PAE5
NTK503CDE5/
/NTK503KA)
NTK503GA)
16xFLEX OTN I/F 1-6 and 9-14 Not supported 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-6 Not supported
(see Note 5) and 31-38 (see Note 9)
(see Note 7)
10x10G PKT/OTN 1-6 and 9-14 Not supported 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-6 Not supported
I/F (see Note 6) and 31-38 (see Note 9)
(see Note 8)
Note 1: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in any shelf type, it is mandatory
to use dual PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 2: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 14-slot packet-optical shelf,
PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 3: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 32-slot shelf types, PKT/OTN
cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 9 and 10.
Note 4: For all supported OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs in 6500-7 packet-optical shelf,
PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs are required in slots 7 and 8.
Note 5: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf
is equipped with 600G PKT/OTN (NTK615AA) or 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit
packs.
Note 6: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf
is equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 7: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 1600G
PKT/OTN (NTK616AA) or 3200G PKT/OTN (NTK616BA) Type 2 cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 8: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 3200G
PKT/OTN (NTK616BA) Type 2 cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 9: This circuit pack is supported in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA) only when the shelf
is equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.

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Supported OPS circuit packs and slots in different 6500 shelf types
Table 2-18 shows supported OPS interface circuit packs and their supported
slots in different 6500 shelf types.

Table 2-18
Interface/slot numbering (OPS circuit pack)

Circuit pack type Slot numbering

14-slot shelf types 32-slot shelf 7-slot shelf 2-slot shelf
types types types
Packet-optical Other shelf
(NTK603AAE5/ (NTK503PAE5 (NTK503MAE5
shelf type types
NTK603AB) /NTK503KA) /NTK503NAE5
(NTK503SA) (NTK503AxE5/
and /NTK503LA)
NTK503BxE5/
6500-7
NTK503CxE5/
packet-optical
NTK503ADE5/
shelf type
NTK503BDE5/
(NTK503RA)
NTK503CDE5/
NTK503GA)
4xOPS 1-14 1-14 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, 1-7 for 1 and 2
(see Note 1 and and 31-38 NTK503PAE5
Note 2) and NTK503KA
&
1-8 for
NTK503RA
Note 1: If installed in slot 7 or 8, only Broadband or Photonic circuit packs can be provisioned in the other
interface slots.
Note 2: Not supported in metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA).

For more information about the interface circuit packs, see “Interface circuit
pack descriptions” on page 3-83. For more information about slot equipping
rules, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

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Table 2-19
Recommendations for using slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) and
6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)

Circuit pack type Slots 7 and 8 of 14-slot packet-optical

shelf type (NTK503SA) and 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)
Can be equipped Cannot be
equipped
(mechanically
blocked from
insertion)
MSPP circuit packs (only supported in 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA))
All MSPP circuit packs (see Table 2-14 on page 2-115 for the √
list of MSPP circuit packs)
Broadband circuit packs
All Broadband circuit packs (see Table 2-15 on page 2-120 √
for the list of Broadband circuit packs)
Photonic circuit packs
Single-width Photonic circuit packs as per Table 2-16 on page √
2-125 (see Note 1 for
exceptions)
Note 1: In this release, you must not equip or provision the following single-width photonic circuit packs
in slots 7 or 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) or 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
(NTK503RA) since that slotting is not supported:
• OSC circuit pack (NTK554BAE5)
• SLA circuit pack (NTK552AAE5)
• MLA (C-Band) circuit pack (NTK552BAE5)
• MLA (L-Band) circuit pack (NTK552BL)
• MLA2 circuit pack (NTK552FAE5)
• LIM (C-Band) circuit pack (NTK552DAE5)
• LIM (L-Band) circuit pack (NTK552DL)
• SCMD4 100 GHz circuit pack (NTK508AxE5)

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Table 2-19 (continued)

Recommendations for using slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) and
6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)

Circuit pack type Slots 7 and 8 of 14-slot packet-optical

shelf type (NTK503SA) and 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)
Can be equipped Cannot be
equipped
(mechanically
blocked from
insertion)
In NTK503SA shelf, double-width Photonic circuit packs √
supported in slots 6/7, 7/8, 8/9 as per Table 2-16 on page (see Note 2)
2-125
In NTK503RA shelf, double-width Photonic circuit packs √
supported in slots 6/7, 7/8 as per Table 2-16 on page 2-125 (see Note 3)
Note 2: In this release, you must not equip or provision the following double-width photonic circuit packs
in slots 7/8 or 8/9 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) since that slotting is not supported:
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 circuit pack (NTK553EAE5)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 circuit pack (NTK553JAE5)
Note 3: In this release, you must not equip or provision the following double-width photonic circuit packs
in slots 7/8 of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA) since that slotting is not supported:
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 circuit pack (NTK553EAE5)
• WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1 circuit pack (NTK553JAE5)
In NTK503SA shelf, triple-width Photonic circuit packs in slots √
5/6/7, 6/7/8, 7/8/9, 8/9/10 as per Table 2-16 on page 2-125 (see Note 4)
Note 4: In this release, you must not equip or provision the following triple-width photonic circuit packs
in slots 5/6/7 or 6/7/8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) since that slotting is not supported:
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (NTK553FAE5)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (NTK553KCE5)
In NTK503RA shelf, triple-width Photonic circuit packs in √
slots 5/6/7, 6/7/8 as per Table 2-16 on page 2-125 (see Note 5)
Note 5: In this release, you must not equip or provision the following triple-width photonic circuit packs
in slots 5/6/7 or 6/7/8 of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA) since that slotting is not supported:
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 (NTK553FAE5)
• WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (NTK553KCE5)
OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs
All OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs as per √
Table 2-17 on page 2-131

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Table 2-19 (continued)

Recommendations for using slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) and
6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)

Circuit pack type Slots 7 and 8 of 14-slot packet-optical

shelf type (NTK503SA) and 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA)
Can be equipped Cannot be
equipped
(mechanically
blocked from
insertion)
Filler cards
Filler cards in slots 7 and/or 8 √
Cross-connect circuit packs
In NTK503SA shelf, cross-connect circuit packs in slots 7 √
and/or 8:
• X-Conn 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (240/0) (NTK557ES)
• X-Conn 240G+ 80G VT1.5/VC-12 (240/80) (NTK557GS)
• X-Conn 600G PKT/OTN (NTK615AA)
• X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA)
In NTK503RA shelf, cross-connect circuit packs in slots 7 √
and/or 8:
• X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA)

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Configurations
The 6500 currently supports the following configurations:
• unprotected
• 1+1/MSP linear
• 1+1 OTN line-side
• 1+1 LAG
• 1+1 Enhanced Trunk Switch (ETS)
• 1+1 Transponder Protection Tray (1+1 TPT and 1+1 port TPT)
• 1+1 OPS
• 2-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing
• 4-Fiber BLSR/MS-SPRing/HERS
• UPSR/SNCP
• ASNCP
• RPR layer 2 protection
• G.8032 ERP

Attention: 6500 supports SNCP path level traffic protection provided by the
OSRP Control Plane. The SNCP protection group is auto-created when an
SNC is created with a peer SNC. For more information about the SNCP
protection provided by the OSRP Control Plane, refer to the Control Plane
Application Guide, NTRN71AA.

For more information on different configurations, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning,

NTRN10DA (Chapter 4). Refer to the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Data
Application Guide, NTRN15BA, for detailed information on data concepts,
applications, and engineering rules supported in this release of 6500.

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Connection management
The 6500 supports the following connection types:
• Path connections for MSPP and SuperMux circuit packs
• Transponder connections for Broadband circuit packs except SuperMux
circuit pack
• Photonic connections for Photonic circuit packs
• EVPL connections for L2 MOTR and FLEX MOTR circuit packs
• SNC type connections for circuit packs supporting Control Plane
• OTN connections for OTN I/F circuit packs

For more information on connection types, see Part 1 of Configuration -

Bandwidth and Data Services, 323-1851-320.

Traffic protection
The system monitors the traffic facilities for performance degradation and
failure and performs protection switching when these conditions are present.

For more information on traffic protection, see Part 2 of Configuration -

Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310.

Attention: Since GE, 10GE, 10/100BT, DS3, EC-1, DS1, E1, and E3
services in an OC-n/STM-n interface circuit pack are mapped to appropriate
STS/VT/VC containers and assigned as STS/VT/VC level connections, the
traffic protection scheme supported by the OC-n/STM-n interface circuit
packs can be used to provide a protected service without requiring a
redundant handoff from the subtending equipment.

Equipment protection
The 6500 supports the following equipment protection schemes and modes:
• 1+1 nonrevertive for cross-connect circuit packs, multiservice
cross-connect circuit packs, and shelf processor circuit packs
• 1:N for E1 working/protection circuit packs
• 1:N for DS3/EC-1 working/protection circuit packs
• 1:N for DS3/E3 working/protection circuit packs
• 1:N for STM-1e working/protection circuit packs
• 1+1 for DS1 TM circuit packs
• 1+1 for Trans Mux circuit packs
• 1+1 for L2SS, 20G L2SS, and PDH gateway circuit packs
• 1+1 TPT and 1+1 port TPT

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• 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, and 2:2 for AC power input cards in a 7-slot Type 2 shelf
• Redundant (A and B) DC power to separate power input cards for shelves
equipped with DC power input cards
• Redundant (A and B) power to shelves with integrated AC or DC power
inputs

Synchronization
Synchronization is a network level application that ensures all nodes across a
network can trace back to the same clock source. Within a single node,
synchronization prevents buffer overflow or underflow which avoids bit errors.

The 6500 provides system synchronization using 1+1 redundant

synchronization hardware on the cross-connect circuit pack for both timing
generation and timing distribution. The SuperMux, FLEX MOTR, and
L2 MOTR circuit packs are also capable of providing line timing reference to
cross-connect circuit packs as well as providing synchronization within an
independent synchronization group (internal or line timed within the group).

For more information about the hardware associated with 6500

synchronization, see “Synchronization hardware” on page 3-64. For more
information about the management of synchronization features and
capabilities, see Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310.

Alarms and events

The 6500 provides several mechanisms to identify and localize faults and
events.
• Light-emitting diodes (LED) on the faceplate indicates the status of the
functionality supported on the circuit pack
— circuit pack failed on all circuit packs
— loss of signal on interface circuit packs
— loss of synchronization reference on cross-connect circuit pack
• For 6500-7 packet-optical, 7-slot, 14-slot, and 32-slot shelf types, LED on
the Power Input Card provides the power status.
• For 2-slot shelf types (NTK503MAE5 and NTK503MAE5 variants), LED
on the integrated Access Panel provides the power status for both power
feeds. For 2-slot shelf type (NTK503LA variant), one LED on each Power
Input Card provides the power status for each power feed.
• For 14-slot shelf types, LEDs on the MIC provide visual alarm indicators
of active alarms at the shelf level and shelf level power status.
• For 32-slot packet-optical shelf type, LEDs on the Access Panel provide
visual alarm indicators of active alarms at the shelf level.

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• For 7-slot shelf types, LEDs on the cooling fan module provide visual
alarm indicators of active alarms at the shelf level. Also for the 7-slot
optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA), redundant visual alarm indicators exist
on the Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP
(NTK555NA).
• For 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, LEDs on the cooling fan module
provide visual alarm indicators of active alarms at the shelf level.
• For 2-slot shelf types (NTK503MAE5 and NTK503MAE5 variants), LEDs
on the integrated Access Panel provide visual alarm indicators of active
alarms at the shelf level. For 2-slot shelf Type 2 (NTK503LA variant), LEDs
on the Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP) or Shelf processor
w/access panel (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP provide visual alarm indicators
of active alarms at the shelf level.
• Visual alarms interface on the access panel provides a summary of active
alarms at the shelf level.
• LEDs and an external alarm interface port on the BIP provide a summary
of active alarms for all 6500-7 packet-optical, 7-slot, and 14-slot shelves in
a bay.

For more information about LED definition and external alarm interface, see
the appropriate sections in the Chapter 3, “Shelf and equipment descriptions”.

The 6500 stores active alarms, alarm history, events, and logs which can be
viewed from the Site Manager user interface.

The 6500 also allows the user to provision (enable/disable) alarm points
through the alarm profile feature in the Site Manager craft user interface. For
more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA (chapter 5).

Performance monitoring
Performance monitoring (PM) refers to the continuous collection, analysis and
reporting of the performance data of a monitored entity. This monitoring allows
early detection of service degradations and facilitates preventive maintenance
without interruption of service. PM can also be used to facilitate trouble/fault
isolation. Performance monitoring is performed on all in-service
optical/electrical interface ports.

The 6500 supports user provisionable threshold crossing alerts (TCA) to

advise the user when a PM parameter threshold has been exceeded. PM
profiles allow the user to manage the threshold values used to trigger TCAs.
For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA
(chapter 5).

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Operational measurements
For MSPP services, the GE, 10GE, 10/100BT, L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH
gateway, and RPR circuit packs collect operational measurements (OMs),
which contain a set of counters not specific to any LAN interface type. For
Broadband services, the 10GEL WT, 10G OTR, 10G OTSC, 2x10G OTR,
4x10G OTR, SuperMux, L2 MOTR, eMOTR, FLEX MOTR, 8xOTN Flex
MOTR, (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR, 40G MUX OCI, 10x10GE MUX, 10x10G
MUX, and 100GE OCI circuit packs collect operational measurements on their
Ethernet, Fiber Channel, FLEX, and WAN facilities, which contain a set of
counters. For Packet Optical Transport System (POTS) services (OTN
transport and switched services and Packet (PKT) transport and switched
services), the 40G OTN XCIF, 100G PKT/OTN XCIF, 10x10G PKT/OTN I/F,
and 16xFLEX OTN I/F circuit packs also collect operational measurements
(OMs). For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA
(chapter 5).

System lineup and testing

System lineup and testing (SLAT) is the process of bringing a newly installed
6500 network element to an in-service state ready for carrying traffic. For
detailed procedures, see Commissioning and Testing, 323-1851-221. The
6500 supports a Nodal SLAT Assistant Tool (NSAT) that guides the user
through the network element SLAT process step by step. The NSAT is a Site
Manager application. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
NTRN10DA (chapter 5).

Test access and loopbacks

The 6500 supports test access and loopback. Test access is a network
diagnostic tool for monitoring/testing the connections and is used for
troubleshooting of cross-connect systems before putting the facility in-service.
The test access connection feature allows the 6500 to route any
cross-connected signal to a dedicated test access port (TAP) for local
monitoring and testing. The test access feature is also used on L2 MOTR
circuit packs to perform ingress and egress port mirroring. For more
information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA (chapter 5). The
loopback feature provides a quick and reliable way to sectionalize connections
during testing and troubleshooting. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA (chapter 5).

Data management
Data management deals with the management and protection of provisioning
data within the network element. The provisioning data that is managed,
distributed, and replicated is divided into two sets:
• non-SP slot-specific provisioning data—all data required to set up
services and traffic on provisionable traffic, service, or cross-connect
circuit packs in a slot. This data includes:

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— alarm provisioning instance data

— equipment attributes including family, type, and state
— facility (including payload attributes)
— traffic and/or connection attributes
— protection data, not including user-initiated protection switching status
— shelf synchronization data
• shelf-specific and SP slot-specific provisioning data:
— IP addresses
— alarm provisioning templates
— security data
— account management data (user identifiers and passwords)
— network element or system configuration attributes
— user defined defaults
— shelf information

The network element is responsible for the resilience of its provisioning data.
Each piece of provisioning data exists on at least two separate circuit packs
within the network element. Each circuit pack contains a copy of its own
slot-specific data. The shelf processor (SP) in slot 15 (for a 6500-7
packet-optical, 2-slot, 7-slot, or 14-slot shelf type) or slot 41 (for 32-slot shelf
type) contains a master copy of all data (i.e., slot-specific data and
shelf-specific provisioning data) on the shelf. Replication of persistent data
ensures quick provisioning data recovery over SP, cross-connect, or interface
circuit pack restarts/replacements, as well as shelf power-down. How the data
is replicated on a network element depends on whether SP Redundancy is
provisioned or not.

Data replication with SP redundancy

The 6500 supports
• two shelf processors located in slots 15 and 16 in 6500-7 packet-optical or
14-slot shelves capable of supporting equipment protection as well as
dynamic and real time SP database redundancy/backup. By default, the
shelf processor in slot 15 acts as the active shelf processor and contains
a master copy of all data (i.e., slot-specific data and shelf-specific
provisioning data) on the shelf. The database of the active shelf processor
is shadowed by the standby shelf processor located in slot 16 of 6500-7
packet-optical or 14-slot shelves. The best database between both shelf
processors is selected automatically upon restart of the shelf processor.

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• two shelf processors located in slots 41 and 42 in 32-slot shelves capable

of supporting equipment protection as well as dynamic and real time SP
database redundancy/backup. By default, the shelf processor in slot 41
acts as the active shelf processor and contains a master copy of all data
(i.e., slot-specific data and shelf-specific provisioning data) on the shelf.
The database of the active shelf processor is shadowed by the standby
shelf processor located in slot 42 of 32-slot shelves. The best database
between both shelf processors is selected automatically upon restart of
the shelf processor.

Attention: Unlike shelf processors in 6500-7 packet-optical, 14-slot and

32-slot shelf types, equipment protection and dynamic and real time SP
database redundancy/backup are not supported in a 2-slot or 7-slot shelf
type.

If there is SP redundancy, both SPs contain a master copy of all data (i.e.,
slot-specific data and shelf-specific provisioning data) on the shelf. When one
of the redundant SPs is removed, the remaining SP becomes the active SP.
When a second SP is inserted, data is copied from the active SP to the newly
inserted SP and kept synchronized thereafter.

When SP redundancy is provisioned and two SPs are present in the shelf,
only one SP must be replaced at a time. After replacing one of the SPs, wait
for five minutes to allow the synchronization of provisioning data to complete.
Removing both SPs at the same time can lead to data loss and traffic outage.

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Data replication without SP redundancy

If SP redundancy is not provisioned or only one SP is present in the shelf, the
SP contains a master copy of all data (i.e., slot-specific data and shelf-specific
provisioning data) on the shelf. The shelf-specific and SP slot-specific
provisioning data is replicated on up to two non-SP circuit packs equipped in
the shelf.

Each circuit pack equipped in the shelf contains a copy of its own slot-specific
data.

The two non-SP circuit packs, where the shelf-specific and SP slot-specific
provisioning data is stored, are chosen using an algorithm based on the
amount of persistent storage available on a circuit pack, and then by slot
number (lowest to highest). Some examples of backup priority based on the
amount of persistent storage on a circuit pack type, are given in the ordered
list below:
• (highest priority) Layer 2 (L2 MOTR, 20G L2SS, and RPR), SRA, SAM,
ESAM, 4xOPS, and SuperMux circuit packs
• EPL (GE, 10/100 BT FE, and 10GE), TransMux, STM-1e (working only),
2xOSC, and Broadband circuit packs
• cross-connect (XC and MXC) circuit packs
• (lowest priority) any LIM type (i.e., LIM (C-Band and L-Band), MLA
(C-Band and L-Band), MLA2, MLA2 w/VOA, MLA3, SLA), XLA, FGA,
eMOTR, and WSS w/OPM circuit packs.

Attention: The L2SS, PDH gateway, and passive equipment in passive slots
(such as OSC Filter (1516.9 nm), CMD44, OMD4, OMX, BMD, UBMD2,
MBMD2, DSCM, PPC6, OMDF4, OMDF8, BS, OSCF) cannot be used for
database back up.

When a single SP is replaced, the shelf-specific and SP slot-specific

provisioning data is recovered from the designated non-SP circuit packs. The
non-SP slot-specific data is recovered from each circuit pack in the shelf. For
this reason, SP replacement for single SP configurations must only be
performed when all other provisioned circuit packs are present in the shelf,
otherwise the system will not be able to recover the non-SP slot-specific data
for any missing circuit packs.

In addition to the internal data replication schemes described in this section,

the 6500 provides the capability to backup and/or restore the provisioning
data to/from the local file system on the shelf processor and to/from an
external storage device.

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Autodiscovery
The 6500 supports various mechanisms that discover and provide information
on how the components in the network are connected at different layers
(layer-0, layer-1 and layer-2). This information is used to build a topological
view of the network. This section defines related terminology and describes
these mechanisms.

Definitions
Auto-discovery refers to a mechanism that automatically discovers
adjacencies at a given layer of the network.

Adjacency refers to two components that are one hop away at a given layer of
the network.

Topology is a view of the connectivity of the network at a given layer and is

built using adjacency information at that layer.

Layer-0 auto-discovery
There are two mechanisms for auto-discovery at layer-0: Line adjacencies
and Service-photonic layer interoperability (SPLI). For more information, refer
to 6500 Packet-Optical Platform Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA.

Line adjacencies
LIM line adjacencies are automatically discovered across the OSC and
provide the actual far end address of the LIM of the neighboring site. This
mechanism is not user-configurable.

Service-photonic layer interoperability (SPLI)

The Service and Photonic Layer Interoperability (SPLI) feature simplifies
channel provisioning within a Site ID by enabling the Photonic layer to
discover the OTMn/OTU transmitter/receiver provisioning information that
feeds into it and auto-provision the corresponding ADJ-Tx Tx Type and
ADJ-Rx Rx Type of CMD44, SCMD4, OMD4, OMDF4, OMDF8, or OMX. The
auto-discovery mechanism also fills in the actual far-end addresses of the
CMD44, SCMD4, OMD4, OMDF4, OMDF8, or OMX Tx and Rx adjacency
facilities as well as the OTMn/OTU TXRX adjacency facilities if they exist on
the circuit pack. SPLI is also used as the basis for the following features:
• “Autoprovisioning power and wavelength” on page 2-146
• “Site level alarm correlation and network level alarm correlation” on page
2-146

Table 2-20 on page 2-153 shows supported circuit packs/facilities/ports for

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery.

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For more information on the use of SPLI feature in 6500, refer to

Administration and Security, 323-1851-301 and Part 1 of Configuration -
Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310.

Autoprovisioning power and wavelength

Automatic wavelength and power provisioning simplifies provisioning of the
transponder by automatically tuning it to the correct wavelength and setting
the correct power using the ADJ Tx expected far end address.

Table 2-20 on page 2-153 shows supported circuit packs/facilities/ports for Tx

power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning.

For more information on autoprovisioning power and wavelength, refer to Part

1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating and 323-1851-310.

Site level alarm correlation and network level alarm correlation

The site level alarm correlation feature in 6500 reduces the number of alarms
reported at each site to a minimum. It does not reduce the number of sites
reporting alarms. The site level alarm correlation feature requires the system
to have full knowledge of topology and connectivity within a site, and
messaging between the shelves in a site to share fault information.
Figure 2-14 on page 2-148 shows an example of site level alarm correlation.

Reducing the number of sites reporting alarms is done by the network level
alarm correlation feature. The network level alarm correlation feature in 6500
is an extension to site level alarm correlation (i.e. it is not possible to have
network level alarm correlation without site level alarm correlation). The
Network level alarm correlation feature uses the provisioned or discovered
address between the transponder and the CMD to share fault information
between the service layer and the photonic layer, allowing suppression of
symptomatic alarms (downstream and lower level alarms) in the network
when the system can identify that they are caused by another alarmed
condition. Therefore, network level alarm correlation reduces the number of
alarms reported at each network to a minimum.

Unlike the site level alarm correlation feature where downstream alarm
masking is done on a per port (all wavelengths) basis only (and hence the lack
of per wavelength fault propagation resulted in limited ability to mask in the
Mux direction and therefore fault information does not propagate between
nodes), the network level alarm correlation feature reduces the number of
alarms reported at each network by propagating per wavelength fault status
based on wavelength topology through shelves/OTSs (SWT) and also from
OTS-to-OTS. The site level alarm correlation feature requires the system to
have full knowledge of topology and connectivity within the network, including
channel routing at OADM sites. Figure 2-15 on page 2-149 shows an example
of network level alarm correlation.

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Attention: Network level alarm correlation may not be able to correctly

isolate faults in single-channel photonic networks to either the photonic line
or the add/drop channel. In these types of networks it may be necessary to
manually isolate where the root cause of the failure is within the photonic
network.

Attention: Network alarm correlation is not supported on 6500 passive

photonic layer systems.

Once Alarm Correlation is enabled, this automatically enables both Site level
and Network level alarm correlation features (e.g. one feature cannot exist
without the other feature). The alarm correlation functionality can be
enabled/disabled on a per shelf basis using the Node Information application
in the Configuration menu of Site Manager.

For more information on site level alarm correlation and network level alarm
correlation feature, refer to Part 1 of Fault Management - Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543. For corresponding procedures, refer to Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301.

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Figure 2-14
Site level alarm correlation

Site Level Alarm Correlation

Example: Line Failure - No Correlation

1 8 5 5 2 5 4
DOC "I" AMP AMP AMP "E" "F"
Site (OADM) (OADM) (OADM)
Fault Detected 1

Alarms

Loss of Signal 4 1 1 3 1
Optical Line Fail 1 1
Automatic Shutoff 1 1
Shutoff Threshold Crossed 1 1 1 2 1
Unexpected Loss Detected
Gauge TCA Summary 2 1 2
ADJ Far End Not Discovered 1 1
Circuit Pack Failed
OSC Loss of Signal
OTU BDI
ODU BDI
ODU AIS 1 1

Site Level Alarm Correlation

Example: Line Failure - Site Level Correlation
1 2 2 2 1 2 1
DOC "I" AMP AMP AMP "E" "F"
Site (OADM) (OADM) (OADM)
Fault Detected 1

Alarms

Loss of Signal
Optical Line Fail 1 1
Automatic Shutoff 1 1
Shutoff Threshold Crossed 1 1 1
Unexpected Loss Detected
Gauge TCA Summary 1 1 1
ADJ Far End Not Discovered
Circuit Pack Failed
OSC Loss of Signal
OTU BDI
ODU BDI
ODU AIS

Note: Bubbles indicate number of alarms raised per site

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Figure 2-15
Network level alarm correlation

Network Level Alarm Correlation

Example: Line Amp Failure - Network Level Correlation
1 2 2
DOC "I" AMP AMP AMP "E" "F"
Site (OADM) (OADM) (OADM)
Fault Detected 1

Alarms

Loss of Signal
Optical Line Fail 1 1
Automatic Shutoff 1 1
Shutoff Threshold Crossed
Unexpected Loss Detected
Gauge TCA Summary
ADJ Far End Not Discovered
Circuit Pack Failed
OSC Loss of Signal
OTU BDI
ODU BDI
ODU AIS

Note: Bubbles indicate number of alarms raised per site

Table 2-20 on page 2-153 shows supported circuit packs/facilities/ports for

site level alarm correlation and network level alarm correlation.

Layer-1 auto-discovery
There are two mechanisms for auto-discovery at layer-1: Neighbor Discovery
Protocol (NDP) and ISIS-based auto-discovery (IIH).

Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)

NDP is a discovery protocol that is available on the 4200, 5410/5430 and Core
Director products, and as of 6500 Release 9.2 is also available on the 6500
for adjacency discovery.

On the 6500, NDP operates on GCC0 of supported OTU facilities to report

adjacency information. It operates independently of, and co-exist with, OAM
traffic which is carried over PPP. The administrative state of NDP (ON/OFF)
as well its application to individual OTMn or OTUTTP facilities is controlled
through the Comms Setting Management interface in Site Manager.

The NDP adjacency discovery data provided by each provisioned link is

reported northbound to OneControl for the topology applications. This
provides a consistent solution on OneControl across the Ciena products that
support NDP.

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ISIS-based auto-discovery (IIH)

The 6500 supports IIH (ISIS Hello)-based discovery of adjacent SONET/SDH
section/RS and line/MS facilities. As such, it depends on ISIS being
provisioned on these facilities and is therefore not available if OSPF is used
rather than ISIS as the internal routing protocol.

There are no user controls over IIH-based discovery. It operates whenever

ISIS is configured on the supported facilities.

Layer-2 auto-discovery
There are two mechanisms for auto-discovery at layer-2: SONMP topology
discovery and 802.1ab LLDP topology discovery.

SONMP topology discovery

The SONMP protocol is used to provide a network monitoring station (NMS)
with enough information about the interconnections in a layer 2 network so
that the station may formulate a physical topology map.

This protocol is managed via TL1 or SNMP and can be enabled/disabled.

SONMP requires that all L2 MOTR, RPR or PDH Gateway devices send and
receive topology “hello packets”. These packets are sent to a well known
multicast address (0x010081000101) and advertise the existence of the
device sending them and provide basic information regarding that device. An
Ethernet device that is SONMP-enabled, upon reception of this hello packet,
uses the packet to construct a topology table, which will be stored in a branch
of Ciena’s private MIB or retrieved via TL1 (RTRV-AD-ALL).

The following engineering rules apply to SONMP:

• Hello intervals are 10 seconds each and cannot be edited.
• When a segment hello packet corresponding to an entry in the topology
table is not received for 3 consecutive hello intervals, the entry is
eventually deleted from the table.
• SONMP is supported on all traffic ports (LAN and SONET/SDH WAN) of
the following circuit packs;
— LAN ports of L2 MOTR, L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH Gateway, and RPR
circuit packs
— WAN ports of L2SS, 20G L2SS, and PDH Gateway circuit packs
• The IP address in the hello packets is the Shelf IP address. The source
MAC address is the hard-wired MAC address of the L2 MOTR, RPR and
PDH Gateway circuit pack.
• Enabling SONMP without the shelf IP address provisioned is rejected.
Removing the shelf IP address without disabling SONMP is not allowed.
• Segment hello packets received with IP address [Link] are discarded.

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• When a device is initialized, it starts from the “new” state. It stays in this
state for 3 consecutive hello intervals (30 seconds) and then transitions to
the “heartbeat” state, where it both transmits and receives segment hello
packets.
• Whenever there is a change to the topology table, such as an entry being
added or deleted, the device transitions from the “heartbeat” state to the
“topology changed” state for a period of 6 hello intervals (60 seconds) and
then transitions back to the “heartbeat” state if there are no more changes
to the topology table during this period.

For more information about SONMP support on the 6500, see 6500
Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide, NTRN15BA.

802.1ab LLDP topology discovery

The 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a Layer 2 network
auto-discovery protocol. LLDP requires each participating L2 device to
periodically advertise its identity and capabilities via LLDPDUs on all LLDP
enabled links. This message is used by the recipient to build a topology table
of the device’s immediate neighbors. An NMS will then poll all devices in the
network at regular intervals, collecting each device’s topology table, to build a
complete L2 network topology map. LLDP is supported on L2 MOTR, eMOTR,
and 20G L2SS circuit packs.

For more information about 802.1ab LLDP support on the 6500, see 6500
Packet-Optical Platform Data Application Guide (NTRN15BA) and Service
Aware Operating System (SAOS)-based documents (323-1851-6xx).

OTMn/OTU physical adjacency

This feature allows the EMS to provide more accurate information about NE
topology by providing information regarding the fibering of the circuit packs.
OTMn/OTU physical adjacency information is also used by the SPLI, site level
alarm correlation, and network level alarm correlation applications. For more
information on OTMn/OTU physical adjacency, refer to Part 1 of Configuration
- Provisioning and Operating and 323-1851-310 and Administration and
Security, 323-1851-301.

Autoprovisioning TTI
OTU and ODU TTI autoprovisioning feature provides autoprovisioning of the
TTI (Trail Trace Identifier) at the ODU and OTU layers for OTUTTP, ODUTTP,
ODUCTP, OTM4, OTM2, OTM1, and OTM3 facilities. Autoprovisioning the TTI
provides the following benefits:
• eliminates the time needed to provision the transmitted TTI.
• eliminates the need to create custom TTIs and maintain them.

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• reduces the chance of error in provisioning the expected receive TTI since
the auto generated TTIs follow a systematic and logical convention
eliminating the need to remember made up TTIs.
• provides a quick way to verify that the expected TTI matches the actual
received TTI since no manual provisioning of the expected TTI value is
needed.

Attention: OTU and ODU TTI autoprovisioning feature is supported on all

6500 circuit packs that support OTM1, OTM2, OTM3, and OTM4 facilities.
ODU layer TTI for OTUTTP, ODUTTP, ODUCTP, OTM0, OTM1, and
OTMFLEX mapping of client facilities is also supported.

For more information on autoprovisioning TTI, refer to Part 1 of Configuration

- Provisioning and Operating and 323-1851-310.

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Supporting circuit packs/facilities for CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx

power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation
Table 2-20 shows CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength
autoprovisioning, network and site alarm correlation per circuit pack type
support.

Table 2-20
CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
NGM WT NTK530AAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ Not
NTK530BAE5 OTM2 Line supported

NTK530CAE5 2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

OC192 Client supported applicable applicable supported
10GEL WT NTK530ABE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ Not
NTK530BBE5 OTM2 Line supported

NTK530CBE5 2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

ETH10G supported applicable applicable supported
Client
10G OTU2 NTK530ACE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ Not
WT NTK530BCE5 OTM2 Line supported

NTK530CCE5 2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

OTM2 Client supported applicable applicable supported
2 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OTM2 Client supported supported applicable supported
10G OTR NTK530MAE5 1 Tunable √ Not Not Not
OTM2 Line supported supported supported
10G OTSC NTK528AAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ √
OTM2 Line
2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
OTM2 Client supported applicable applicable supported
2 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OTM2 Client supported supported applicable supported

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Table 2-20 (continued)

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
2.5G MOTR NTK530NAE5 1 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
and OTM2 "Lite" applicable applicable applicable applicable
NTK530NCE5 Line
1 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
NTK530NCE5 2 to 5 Fixed SFP Not Not Not Not
OTM1 Client supported applicable applicable supported
2x10G OTR NTK530PAE5 1, 3 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1, 3 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
2, 4 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 applicable applicable
Line/Client
2, 4 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 applicable
Line/Client
2, 4 OTM2 Layer Not Not Not Not
for non-OTM2 applicable applicable applicable supported
clients

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Table 2-20 (continued)

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
2x10G OTR NTK530PGE5 1, 3 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
NTK530PME5 OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1, 3 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
1, 3 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported applicable applicable supported
ETH10G Line
1, 3 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported supported applicable supported
ETH10G Line
2, 4 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 applicable applicable
Line/Client
2, 4 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 applicable
Line/Client
2, 4 OTM2 Layer Not Not Not Not
for non-OTM2 applicable applicable applicable supported
clients
2, 4 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported applicable applicable supported
ETH10G
Line/Client
2, 4 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported supported applicable supported
ETH10G
Line/Client

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CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
4x10G OTR NTK530QA 1 to 4 OTM2 Layer Not Not Not Not
for non-OTM2 applicable applicable applicable applicable
clients
5 to 8 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
5 to 8 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
5 to 8 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported applicable applicable supported
(ULL)
5 to 8 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported supported applicable supported
(ULL)
4x10G OTR NTK530QM 1 to 4 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1 to 4 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
1 to 4 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported applicable applicable supported
ETH10G Line
1 to 4 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 and supported supported applicable supported
ETH10G Line
5 to 8 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
5 to 8 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
5 to 8 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported applicable applicable supported
(ULL)
5 to 8 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported supported applicable supported
(ULL)

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Table 2-20 (continued)

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
10x10G NTK667AA 1 to Fixed XFP √ (see √ (see Not Not
PKT/OTN I/F 10 OTU2 Line Note 5) Note 5) applicable supported
1 to Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
10 10GBase-R supported supported applicable supported
Line
1 to Tunable XFP √ (see √ (see Not Not
10 OTU2 Line Note 5) Note 5) applicable supported
1 to Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
10 10GBase-R supported supported applicable supported
Line
10G DWDM NTK526xxE5 1 Tunable √ Not Not Not
NTK527xxE5 OTM2 Line supported supported supported
10G NTK526JAE5 1 Tunable √ Not Not Not
AM1/AM2 NTK527JAE5 OTM2 Line supported supported supported

SuperMux NTK535EAE5 1 Tunable √ √ Not √

with NTK535EBE5 OTM2 Line applicable
integrated
DWDM
SuperMux NTK535FAE5 1 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
with XFP OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
L2 MOTR NTK531VAE5 1, 2 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1, 2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported applicable applicable supported
1, 2 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
1, 2 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G Line supported supported applicable supported

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CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
eMOTR NTK536AA 9 to Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
NTK536AB 12 OTU2/OTU2e applicable applicable
NTK536FA Line
NTK536FB
9 to Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
12 10GBase-R supported applicable applicable supported
Line
9 to Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
12 OTU2/OTU2e applicable
Line
9 to Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
12 10GBase-R supported supported applicable supported
Line
FLEX MOTR NTK531YAE5 1, 2 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1, 2 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
8xOTN Flex NTK532BAE5 1 to 4 Fixed SFP √ Not Not √
MOTR OTM Line applicable applicable
(see
Note 4)
1 to 8 Fixed SFP Not Not Not Not
Client applicable applicable applicable applicable
(non-OTM)
1 to 8 OTM layer Not Not Not √
(see applicable applicable applicable
Note 4)

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CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
2-slot shelf NTK503MAE5 1 to 4 Fixed SFP √ Not Not √
w/SP + OTN or OTM Line applicable applicable
Flex MOTR NTK503NAE5 (see
8xSFP shelf Note 4)
assembly
1 to 8 Fixed SFP Not Not Not Not
(DC-powered)
Client applicable applicable applicable applicable
or (non-OTM)
2-slot shelf 1 to 8 OTM layer Not Not Not √
w/SP + OTN (see applicable applicable applicable
Flex MOTR Note 4)
8xSFP shelf
assembly
(AC-powered)
(1+8)xOTN NTK532DA 1 Fixed XFP √ Not Not √
Flex MOTR NTK532DE OTM2 Line applicable applicable
1 Tunable XFP √ √ Not √
OTM2 Line applicable
2 to 9 Fixed SFP √ Not Not √
OTM1 Line applicable applicable
2 to 9 Fixed SFP Not Not Not Not
Client applicable applicable applicable applicable
(non-OTM)
2 to 9 OTM0/ Not Not Not √
OTM1/ applicable applicable applicable
OTMFLEX
layer
(2+8)xOC-n/ NTK521DAE5 1, 2 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not
STM-n NTK522DAE5 OTM2 Line supported applicable applicable supported
STS-1/VC-3
OTN 20G and
(2+8)xOC-n/
STM-n LO
OTN 20G
1, 2 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OTM2 Line supported supported applicable supported

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CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
40G OCI, NTK529SAE5 1 OTM3 Layer Not Not Not √
40/43G OCI, NTK529SDE5 applicable applicable applicable
40G+ CFP
OCI NTK529SJE5

NTK529SDE5 1 Fixed OTM3 Not Not Not √

Client applicable applicable applicable
NTK529SJE5 1 Fixed CFP Not Not Not Not
OTM3 Client supported applicable applicable supported
40G MUX NTK525CAE5 1 to 4 Fixed XFP √ (see Not Not Not
OCI NTK525CFE5 OTM2 Client Note 5) applicable applicable supported

1 to 4 Tunable XFP √ (see √ (see Not Not

OTM2 Client Note 5) Note 5) applicable supported

1 to 4 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

OC192 Client supported applicable applicable supported

1 to 4 Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

ETH10G supported applicable applicable supported
Client
1 to 4 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
OC192 Client supported supported applicable supported
1 to 4 Tunable XFP Not Not Not Not
ETH10G supported supported applicable supported
Client
1 to 4 OTM2 Layer Not Not Not Not
for non-OTM2 applicable applicable applicable supported
clients
100 OTM3 MUX / Not Not Not √
Backplane applicable applicable applicable

40G OCLD NTK539PAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ √

NTK539PBE5 OTM3 Line

NTK539PCE5
NTK539PDE5
NTK539PEE5
NTK539PFE5

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Table 2-20 (continued)

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
Wavelength- NTK539RAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ √
selective NTK539RBE5 OTM3 Line
40G OCLD
NTK539RCE5
NTK539RDE5
NTK539REE5
40G UOCLD NTK539XAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ √
NTK539XEE5 OTM3 Line

100G OCLD NTK539TAE5 1 Tunable √ √ √ √

NTK539TBE5 OTM4 Line

NTK539TCE5
NTK539TDE5
NTK539TEE5
NTK539TJE5
100G NTK539UA 1 Tunable √ √ √ √
WaveLogic 3 NTK539UB OTM4 Line
OCLD
NTK539UC
NTK539UD
NTK539UE
NTK539UH
Flex2 NTK539BB 1 Tunable √ √ √ √
WaveLogic 3 NTK539BE OTM4 Line
OCLD
NTK539BH
10x10GE NTK529BAE5 100 OTM4 MUX / Not Not Not √
MUX Backplane applicable applicable applicable

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CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
10x10G MUX NTK529BBE5 1 to Fixed XFP √ (see Not Not Not
10 OTM2 Client Note 5) applicable applicable supported

1 to Tunable XFP √ (see √ (see Not Not

10 OTM2 Client Note 5) Note 5) applicable supported

1 to Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

10 OC192 Client supported applicable applicable supported

1 to Fixed XFP Not Not Not Not

10 ETH10G supported applicable applicable supported
Client

1 to OTM2 layer Not Not Not Not

10 for non-OTM2 applicable applicable applicable supported
Clients

100 OTM4 MUX / Not Not Not √

Backplane applicable applicable applicable

100GE OCI NTK529AAE5 1 Fixed CFP Not Not Not √

ETH 100G applicable applicable applicable
Client
100G OCI NTK529AC 1 OTM4 layer Not Not Not √
for non-OTM4 applicable applicable applicable
clients
1 Fixed CFP Not Not Not Not
OTM4 Client supported applicable applicable supported

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Table 2-20 (continued)

CMD Tx/Rx type discovery, Tx power and Tx wavelength autoprovisioning, network and site alarm
correlation per circuit pack type support

Circuit pack PEC(s) Port# DWDM CMD Rx/Tx Tx power Network

interface Tx/Rx type wavelength auto- and Site
type discovery auto- provisioning alarm
provisioning correlation
Note 1: Fixed XFP refers to any non-DWDM XFP or the following non-tunable DWDM XFPs
(NTK588AEE5-DUE5, NTK587AAE5-DSE5) supported by the circuit pack.
Note 2: Fixed SFP refers to the following non-tunable DWDM SFP (NTK586AAE5-HWE5) supported by the
circuit pack.
Note 3: Tunable XFP refers to the NTK583AAE6 and NTK583AB DWDM XFPs.
Note 4: OTM Line is OTM1 and OTM Layer is OTM0 or OTM1.
Note 5: Only supported when 6500 network element is running 10.05 software (not supported when 6500
network element is running 10.0 software).
Note 6: SPLI handles OMDF4 and OMDF8 modules in the sub-slots of the 2150 chassis and PPC6. That is,
line ports connected to the channel ports of these passive modules in the sub-slots can be supported by SPLI.

Security and administration

The 6500 provides the following security and administration capabilities
managed from Site Manager:
• network element security
— security levels
— login sessions
— local password management
— security log/audit trail
— local user authentication
— challenge/response authentication
— centralized RADIUS authentication
— provisionable login banner
— secure shell (SSH)
— secure FTP (SFTP)
— secure HTTP
— user-ID Based Intrusion Detection (UBID)
— security default user account handling and security audit trail logs
enhancements
— debug port hardening

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• network element administration

— network element naming
— date and time setting
— time of day administration
For more information, see Administration and Security, 323-1851-301.

Data communication network

The 6500 uses an IP-based data communications infrastructure for network
element management and for interworking with IP-based network elements.
The 6500 also supports OSI based infrastructures for interworking with
OSI-based network elements.

For more information, see Data communications planning in Part 4 of 6500

Planning, NTRN10DA.

6500 management
Site Manager
The 6500 supports a comprehensive suite of OAM&P functionality which can
be managed through the Site Manager craft user interface. The Site Manager
craft user interface is a graphical, nodal management tool that is available on
a DVD or can be downloaded from the shelf processor (PC version only).

The Site Manager craft user interface is platform independent, running

natively on Windows, UNIX and Solaris workstations ensuring field
technicians and network operations center (NOC) operators are operating
with the same view. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
NTRN10DA (Chapter 5).

TL1 user interfaces

Transaction Language 1 (TL1) is an industry recognized common language
protocol that allows an operating system to communicate with different vendor
equipment.

The 6500 provides a TL1 command line interface (CLI). The TL1 CLI is a
standard command line interface. The 6500 TL1 interface conforms to
standards GR-831, GR-833, and GR-199 for syntax, information structure,
and transactions. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
NTRN10DA (Chapter 5). For TL1 commands, see TL1 Description,
323-1851-190.

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SNMP
The 6500 supports SNMP v1, v2c, and v3. SNMP proxy is supported on the
TIDc primary shelf. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning,
NTRN10DA (Chapter 5) and Fault Management - SNMP, 323-1851-740,
323-1851-740.

SAOS-based SNMP
The 6500 supports SAOS-based SNMP. For more information, see Part 2 of
6500 Planning, NTRN10DA (Chapter 5) and the Service Aware Operating
System (SAOS)-based documents (323-1851-6xx).

Command line interface

The 6500 command line interface (CLI) is a human to network element
interface with a look and feel common to CLI interfaces supported on similar
Ciena products.

For more information, refer to Administration and Security, 323-1851-301.

SAOS Command Line Interface (SAOS CLI)

The 6500 supports SAOS CLI. For more information, see Part 2 of 6500
Planning, NTRN10DA (Chapter 5) and the Service Aware Operating System
(SAOS)-based documents (323-1851-6xx).

SONMP topology discovery

The 6500 supports SONMP topology discovery. For more information, see
Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA (Chapter 5) and Fault Management -
SNMP, 323-1851-740, 323-1851-740.

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Interworking
The 6500 is compliant with different standards and therefore enables
interworking with other compliant network elements.

This release of 6500 interworks with the following products through POTS
(OTN and PKT), MSPP, Broadband, Ethernet-based, Layer 2, and/or Photonic
interfaces (only if these products support the associated interfaces):
• 6110 Multiservice Optical Platform
• 6130 Multiservice Optical Platform
• 6150 Multiservice Optical Platform
• Optical Metro 4200
• Optical Metro 4100
• Optical Metro 4150
• 565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced Services Platform
• Optical Metro 3100, 3300, 3400, and 3500
• Optical Cross Connect HDX/HDXc
• Optical Cross Connect DX
• S/DMS TransportNode OC-48
• TN-16X
• TN-1C
• TN-1X
• Optical Line System 1600, Wavelength Translator application
• Optical Line System 1600 (by using 1xOC-192/STM-64 DWDM C-band
AM1/AM2 circuit packs without using a WT circuit pack)
• Optical DWDM Terminal
• MOR/MOR+
• Common Photonic Layer
• Optical Multiservice Edge 1000
• 4200 Advanced Services Platform
• CoreDirector
• 5410 Service Aggregation Switch
• 5410 Packet-Optical Platform
• 5430 Packet-Optical Platform

For more information on interworking, see Network Interworking Guide,

NTCA68CA.

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For more information on interworking with Common Photonic Layer and 6500
Packet-Optical Platform Photonic layer, see 6500 Packet-Optical Platform
Photonic Layer Guide, NTRN15DA.

GE GFP-F interworking is only supported with Optical Metro 3000,

565, 5100 and 5200 Advanced Services Platform, and Optical Cross Connect
HDX/HDXc.

Interoperating with other vendors’ portfolios

You must contact your Ciena representative for an up-to-date status of
interoperating between 6500 and other vendors’ portfolio.

DWDM Interworking
Refer to Network interworking Guide (NTCA68CA) for details on how 6500
interworks with other network elements.

IBM protocols certification

IBM protocols are subject to release-specific certification. Contact your Ciena
representative for more information.

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Shelf and equipment descriptions 3-

This chapter provides an overview of the 6500 Packet-Optical Platform (6500)

hardware, shelf, common equipment, interface circuit packs and modules, and
external equipment descriptions as shown below:
• For hardware, shelf, fiber management, cooling systems, interface circuit
packs, and customer location equipment (CLE) device, see Table 3-1.
• For common equipment, power management, and external equipment,
see Table 3-2 on page 3-2.

Table 3-1
6500 Hardware, shelf, cooling systems, and fiber management

Topic Page

Hardware architecture 3-4

Shelf assemblies 3-5

Fiber/cable routing channel 3-65

Fiber manager 3-67

Air flow directions and cooling configurations 3-69

Interface circuit pack descriptions 3-83

Customer location equipment (CLE) device 3-140

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Table 3-2
6500 common equipment, power management, and external equipment

Equipment PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Shelf processor circuit packs NTK555AAE5 Common Equipment 323-1851-102.1

NTK555ABE5
NTK555CAE5
NTK555EAE5
NTK555FAE5

Shelf processor w/access panel NTK555LA

(SPAP)

Shelf processor w/access panel NTK555NA

(SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP circuit
pack

BIP/FIP/AP/MIC/rectifier/Power Input NTK599xx

Card NTN458RA
NTK505xAE5
NTK505MBE5
NTK605MAE5
NTK505FAE5
NTK505FBE5
NTK505JA
NTN458SAE5
NTGS24LD
NTK505xxE5
NTK605xAE5
NTK605FA
NTK605FE
NTK605GA
NTK605GE
NTK505DS
NTK505TA
NTK505TR
NTK505SB
NTK505CC
NTK505EC
NTK505QA
NTK505QE
NTK505RA

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Table 3-2 (continued)

6500 common equipment, power management, and external equipment

Equipment PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Cross-connect circuit packs NTK557xxE5 Common Equipment 323-1851-102.1

NTK615AA
NTK615BA
NTK610BBE5
NTK616AA
NTK616BA

External equipment (ETS, TPT) NT0H59AAE5

NT0H59ABE5
NT0H59BAE5
NT0H59BBE5
NT0H59ACE5
NTUG90ANE5

4xOPS circuit packs NTK554TA

OPSM2 modules NTK576AA

External equipment (OME1110) NTK935BAE5 OME1110 Deployment 323-1851-250

Guide Note: This
document is
available in the
6500 technical
publication
libraries from
Release 7.0 to
Release 9.1.

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Hardware architecture
The 6500 platform consists of the following modular components:
• breaker interface panel (optional)
• cooling unit

ATTENTION
Observe the following:

• a separate cooling unit is required for optical shelves

(NTK503AA/NTK503AB), optical/front electrical shelf (NTK503BA), and
optical/rear electrical shelf (NTK503CA).
• the cooling unit in which cooling fan modules are inserted is integrated in
the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK503RA), 7-slot optical shelf
(NTK503PAE5 and NTK503KA), 32-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK603AAE5
and NTK603AB) and all 14-slot shelf types except for optical shelves
(NTK503AA/NTK503AB), optical/front electrical shelf (NTK503BA), and
optical/rear electrical shelf (NTK503CA).
• the cooling unit in which cooling fan modules are integrated is a
field-replaceable unit in the 2-slot shelf (NTK503LA, NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5).

• The 6500 shelf which contains the following components:

— common equipment (access panel, shelf processors, cross-connect
circuit packs for POTS (OTN and PKT), MSPP, converged
MSPP/Photonic, converged MSPP/Broadband, or converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services, Power Input Cards, power
supply unit, and maintenance interface card)
— interface circuit packs
— optical fiber/cable routing channel
• electrical interface chassis for MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic,
converged MSPP/Broadband, or converged MSPP/Broadband/Photonic
services (14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly, 14-slot converged
optical/front electrical shelf assembly, 14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf
assembly, 14-slot converged optical/rear electrical shelf, and 14-slot metro
front electrical shelf assembly)
• DS1 service module (DSM) shelf (peripheral shelf that connects to the
6500-7 packet-optical, 14-slot, or 32-slot shelves via OC-3 interfaces) for
MSPP network elements

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Shelf assemblies
The 6500 provides the following shelf assemblies:
• 14-slot shelves including
— “14-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503AA/AB)” on page 3-8
— “14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BA)” on page
3-9
— “14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CA and
NTK503CCE5)” on page 3-10
— “14-slot metro front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503GA)” on page
3-13
— “14-slot converged shelf assemblies (NTK503ADE5, NTK503BDE5,
NTK503CDE5)” on page 3-14
— 14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA) on page 3-16

Attention: The optical or converged optical shelf assembly cannot be

upgraded in-service to support electrical services (except DSM DS1 and
STM-1e SFP services). If you plan to deploy electrical services other than
DSM DS1 or STM-1e SFPs in the future, you must deploy the optical/front
electrical shelf assembly, converged optical/front electrical shelf assembly,
optical/rear electrical shelf assembly, converged optical/rear electrical shelf
assembly, or metro front electrical shelf assembly as required.

• “32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB)”

on page 3-28
• “7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5 and NTK503KA)” on page
3-33
— 7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5)
— 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503KA)
• “6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA)” on page 3-40
• “2-slot shelf assembly (NTK503MAE5/NTK503NAE5/NTK503LA)” on
page 3-44 including
— 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP shelf assembly
(DC-powered) (NTK503MAE5)
— 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP shelf assembly
(AC-powered) (NTK503NAE5)
— 6500 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503LA)

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14-slot shelf assembly

The 14-slot shelf consists of seventeen 25 mm (1 in.) slots and
accommodates both the common equipment and interface circuit packs:
• Common equipment
— access panel (AP) is located on the top of the 14-slot shelf
— maintenance interface card (MIC) is located in slot 17, subslot 2
— Power Input Cards are located in slot 17, subslots 1 and 3
— cross-connect circuit packs are located in slots 7 and 8 (only for POTS
(OTN and PKT), MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic,
MSPP/Broadband, or converged MSPP/Broadband/Photonic
services)
— shelf processors (SP) are located in slots 15 and 16
• Interface circuit packs are located in slots 1-6 and slots 9-14 for POTS
(OTN and PKT), MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic, converged
MSPP/Broadband, or converged MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services
and slots 1-14 for Broadband, Photonic, or converged
Broadband/Photonic services.

The 14-slot shelf also contains a fiber/cable routing channel located at the
bottom of the shelf used to manage optical fiber/cabling entering and exiting
the shelf. For the packet-optical shelf assembly, optical shelf assembly,
converged optical shelf assembly, optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5,
and converged optical/rear electrical shelf assembly, the fiber/cabling routing
channel includes an integral air plenum (see “Air flow directions and cooling
configurations” on page 3-69).

A 14-slot shelf assembly is shown in Figure 3-1 on page 3-7 as an example.

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Figure 3-1
6500 shelf layout (14-slot optical shelf assembly is shown)

Access panel
Power input
card
ESD jack (slot 17, subslot 1)
location Maintenance
interface card
(slot 17, subslot 2)

ESD jack location

Power input
card
(slot 17, subslot 3)
Fiber/cable
routing channel
Shelf processor
slots
(slots 15 and 16)
Service interface Service interface
slots (slots 1 to 6) slots (slots 9 to 14)

Cross-connect slots for MSPP

functions (slots 7 and 8), or
service interface slots for Broadband or
Photonics functions (slots 7 and 8)

The following variants of 14-slot 6500 shelf are supported:

• “14-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503AA/AB)” on page 3-8
• “14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BA)” on page 3-9
• “14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CA and
NTK503CCE5)” on page 3-10
• “14-slot metro front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503GA)” on page 3-13
• “14-slot converged shelf assemblies (NTK503ADE5, NTK503BDE5,
NTK503CDE5)” on page 3-14
• “14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA)” on page 3-16

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14-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503AA/AB)

The optical shelf assembly is used in applications where only optical services
will be deployed and contains the 14-slot shelf and integrated optical
fiber/cable routing channel/air plenum. Figure 3-2 shows a view of the optical
shelf assembly.

Figure 3-2
14-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503AA/AB)

Cooling unit
(3 U / 132.6 mm/ 5.2 in.) Shelf

Optical shelf assembly Fiber/cable

(10 U / 444.5 mm/ 17.5 in.) routing channel/
air plenum

440.5 mm /
17.3 in.
280.0 mm /
11.0 in.

Table 3-3 on page 3-17 shows a comparison table to define different types of
common equipment that can be used in different 6500 14-slot shelf types.

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14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BA)

The optical/front electrical shelf assembly supports both optical and electrical
services and is used in applications where electrical services are planned to
be deployed. The shelf assembly contains the 14-slot shelf, an integrated
optical fiber/cable routing channel, and an electrical interface chassis which
houses the electrical interface modules. Figure 3-3 shows a view of the
optical/front electrical shelf assembly.

Figure 3-3
14-slot optical/front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BA)

Cooling unit
(3 U / 132.6 mm/ 5.2 in.)

Shelf

Fiber/cable
routing channel

Optical/front electrical
shelf assembly Front access
(18 U / 800.1 mm/ 31.5 in.) electrical interface

440.5 mm /
280.0 mm / 17.3 in.
11.0 in.

Table 3-3 on page 3-17 shows a comparison table to define different types of
common equipment that can be used in different 6500 14-slot shelf types.

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14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CA and NTK503CCE5)

The optical/rear electrical shelf assembly supports both optical and electrical
services and is used in applications where electrical services are planned to
be deployed. The shelf assembly contains the 14-slot shelf and an integrated
optical fiber/cable routing channel.

On variant NTK503CA, the integrated optical fiber/cable routing channel is

smaller in size on the optical/rear electrical shelf than the channel on the
optical shelf, optical/front electrical shelf, metro front electrical shelf, or
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5. For the optical/rear electrical shelf
NTK503CA, a separate air plenum is required for each optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly or pair of optical/rear electrical shelf assemblies.

For hardware Release 2 optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CAE5), the air

plenum is included with the shelf (fixed using two screws). If using these
optical/rear electrical shelves in a stacked configuration, the air plenum must
be removed from the upper optical/rear electrical shelf.

Electrical interface modules can be installed on the backplane at the rear of

the shelf for rear access. Figure 3-4 on page 3-11 shows a view of the
optical/rear electrical shelf assembly NTK503CA. Figure 3-5 on page 3-12
shows a view of the optical/rear electrical shelf assembly NTK503CCE5.

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Figure 3-4
14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CA)

Shelf

Optical/rear electrical
shelf assembly
(8 U / 355.6 mm/ 14 in.)
Fiber routing
channel

Rear access
electrical interface
440.5 mm
280.0 mm 17.3 in
11.0 in

Shelf depth with DS3 rear cabling

280 mm 60 mm
(11.0 in) (2.36 in)
152 mm
(6 in)

Cable Bend Area

Rear IO Panel

13U
577.8 mm
(22.75 in)

Note: Each optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CA

or pair of optical/rear electrical shelves NTK503CA
requires a cooling unit and an air plenum.

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Figure 3-5
14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CCE5)

Cooling unit

Shelf

Optical/rear shelf assembly

(13 U / 577.1 mm/ 22.7 in)
Fiber/cable
routing channel/
air plenum

Rear access
electrical interface
440.5 mm
17.3 in
280.0 mm
11.0 in
Shelf depth with DS3 rear cabling
280 mm 60 mm
(11.0 in) (2.36 in)
152 mm
(6 in)
Cable Bend Area
Rear IO Panel

13U
577.8 mm
(22.75 in)

Attention: A separate cooling unit is required for the optical/rear electrical

shelf NTK503CA. The cooling unit is integrated on packet-optical
NTK503SA, optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5 and converged
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5. The optical/rear electrical shelf
NTK503CCE5 and converged optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5
cannot be used in stacked configurations.

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14-slot metro front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503GA)

The metro front electrical shelf assembly supports both optical and electrical
services and is a version of the optical/front electrical shelf which is optimized
for E1, DS3, EC1, and E3, 10/100BT services. The shelf assembly contains
the 14-slot shelf, an integrated optical fiber/cable routing channel, an electrical
interface chassis which houses the electrical interface modules, and an
integrated fan housing unit. Figure 3-6 shows a view of the metro front
electrical shelf assembly.

Figure 3-6
14-slot metro front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503GA)

Fan housing
unit

Shelf

Fiber/cable
Metro front electrical routing channel
shelf assembly
(21 U / 932.5 mm/ 36.7 in)
Front access
electrical interface

440.5 mm
280.0 mm 17.3 in
11.0 in

Attention: The 14-slot metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA) and its
RoHS compliant version (NTK503GAE5) are manufacture discontinued. For
replacement information, see Planning - Ordering Information,
323-1851-151.

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14-slot converged shelf assemblies (NTK503ADE5, NTK503BDE5,

NTK503CDE5)
This release of 6500 supports the 14-slot converged shelves in three different
variants:
• optical shelf assembly (NTK503ADE5)
Similar to optical shelf assembly supported in previous releases, this
converged optical shelf assembly is used in applications where only
optical services will be deployed. The converged optical shelf assembly is
dimensionally identical to the previously supported optical shelf assembly
with its cooling unit (see Figure 3-2 on page 3-8 for dimensions). Similar
to optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CCE5 variant) and metro front
electrical shelf (NTK503GA) but unlike other supported shelf assemblies,
the cooling unit is an integrated part of the main shelf in this converged
shelf assembly.
• optical/front electrical shelf assembly (NTK503BDE5)
Similar to optical/front electrical shelf assembly supported in previous
releases, this converged optical/front electrical shelf assembly is used in
applications where electrical services are planned to be deployed.
Electrical interface modules can be installed at the front of the shelf for
front access. The converged optical/front electrical shelf assembly is
dimensionally identical to the previously supported optical/front electrical
shelf assembly (see Figure 3-3 on page 3-9 for dimensions). Similar to
optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CCE5 variant) and metro front
electrical shelf (NTK503GA) but unlike other supported shelf assemblies,
the cooling unit is an integrated part of the main shelf in this converged
shelf assembly.
• optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (NTK503CDE5)
Similar to optical/rear electrical shelf assembly supported in previous
releases, this converged optical/rear electrical shelf assembly is used in
applications where electrical services are planned to be deployed.
Electrical interface modules can be installed on the backplane at the rear
of the shelf for rear access. The converged optical/rear electrical shelf
assembly is dimensionally identical to the previously supported
optical/rear electrical shelf assembly (see Figure 3-5 on page 3-12 for
dimensions). Similar to optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CCE5
variant) and metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA) but unlike other
supported shelf assemblies, the cooling unit is an integrated part of the
main shelf in this converged shelf assembly.

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The converged shelves (NTK503ADE5/NTK503BDE5/NTK503CDE5) reduce

cost/complexity of sparing since all the new deployments can use the
converged shelves and common equipment regardless of the configuration
and future upgrade plans. The converged shelves use:
• backplane with extra backplane tracks for support (see “Backplane” on
page 3-60 for more information)

• fiber management trays that include modifications to accommodate the

following functions:
— fiber routing channels are provided for slots 7 and 8. For POTS (OTN
and PKT), MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic, MSPP/Broadband, or
converged MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services, slots 7 and 8 must be
equipped with XC circuit packs with no need for faceplate fiber
connectivity. However, this release of 14-slot supports Broadband,
Photonic, and converged Broadband/Photonic services where there is
no need for XC circuit packs, and therefore slots 7 and 8 can be
equipped with interface circuit packs and hence needing fiber routing
channels.
— channels for electrical cable management associated with slots 1 and
14 to allow for routing of two RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cables to each
of those slots. These channels are separated from the fiber routing
area and can be used to connect to the two Wayside Ethernet ports
found on the 2xOSC (Optical Service Channel) circuit pack (which are
normally equipped in slots 1 and 14 of the 14-slot shelf for this reason).

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14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503SA)

This release of 6500 supports the 14-slot packet-optical shelf assembly. The
14-slot packet-optical shelf combines functionality from both the 6500 14-slot
converged optical shelf assembly (NTK503ADE5) and the 32-slot
packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK603AAE5 or NTK603AB). Along with the
32-slot shelf (22U in height), this 13U shelf is designed to support both
SONET/SDH TDM switching as well as a switched packet-OTN switching
when equipped with a packet-OTN cross-connect fabrics.

The packet-optical shelf assembly is dimensionally identical to the 14-slot

optical shelf (with attached cooling fan unit) and converged optical shelf
assemblies (see Figure 3-2 on page 3-8 for dimensions). Similar to the 14-slot
optical shelf and converged optical shelf assemblies supported in previous
releases, this packet-optical shelf assembly can be used in applications where
Photonic, Broadband or TDM optical services (SONET/SDH) will be deployed.

The packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) reduces cost/complexity of sparing

since all the new deployments can use many circuit packs and common
equipment used in previous 14-slot shelf types.

Compared to the 14-slot converged optical shelf, the packet-optical shelf

• features higher-density connectors in the cross-connect slots (slots 7 and
8) which support 40G of traffic between each of the 12 service slots and
the fabrics in this release and scaling to 50G+/slot in a future release. Due
to this new backplane connector, slots 7 and 8 of the packet-optical shelf
are not compatible with Broadband circuit packs or cross-connect circuit
packs that otherwise can be used in slot 7 and 8 of a 14-slot converged
shelf. However slots 7 and 8 of the packet-optical shelf can be equipped
with specific photonics circuit packs or cross-connect circuit packs that are
designed for use in this shelf (see Table 2-19 on page 2-134 for the list of
those circuit packs).
• supports all the mate-to-mate and triplet backplane connections for slots
1-6 and 9-14 for use in Broadband configuration.
• in addition to supporting the 40A and 60A Power Input Cards (maximum
power of 1599W, 1999W, and 2399W respectively), a 2x50A Power Input
Card can be used for 2x40A and 2x50A applications (maximum power of
3199W and 3999W respectively).
• supports existing High Flow Cooling Fans as well as "High flow Type 3"
variants which provide increased cooling capacity for use in high
performance applications (when the shelf is equipped with a compatible
Power Input Cards such as the 2x50A variant).

Attention: The 14-slot packet-optical shelf assemblies only operate with

Release 9.0 or higher software loads.

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6500 14-slot common equipment

Table 3-3 shows a comparison table to define different types of common
equipment that can be used in different 6500 14-slot shelf types.

Table 3-3
6500 14-slot common equipment in 14-slot packet-optical shelf versus other 14-slot shelf types

Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

Shelf processor circuit packs

Shelf processor NTK555AAE5 √ √

(SP) circuit packs NTK555ABE5

Shelf processor NTK555CAE5 √ √ √

(SP-2) circuit packs NTK555EAE5
NTK555FAE5

Maintenance Interface Cards (MIC)

Maintenance NTK505FAE5 √
Interface Cards (see Note 2)
(MIC)

Maintenance NTK505FBE5 √ √ √
Interface Cards
(MIC)

Access panels (AP)

Access panels (AP) NTK505LAE5 √ √ √

NTK505MAE5
NTK505MBE5

Access panels (AP) NTK505KAE5 √ √

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Table 3-3 (continued)

6500 14-slot common equipment in 14-slot packet-optical shelf versus other 14-slot shelf types

Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

Power Input Cards, BIP, FIP, rectifier

40A Power Input NTK505AAE5 √ √

Cards NTK505BAE5

40A Power Input NTK505CEE5 √ √ √

Cards NTK505DEE5

60A Power Input NTK505CAE5 √ √ √

Cards NTK505DAE5

Fused Power Input NTK505EAE5 √ √ √

Cards NTK505EEE5

2x50A Power Input NTK505DS √

Card

BIP/FIP NTK599AAE5 √ √
NTK599BGE5
NTK599DAE5
NTK599EAE5
NTN458RAE5

BIP NTK599BAE5 √ √ √
Rectifier NTN458SAE5 √ √ √

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Table 3-3 (continued)

6500 14-slot common equipment in 14-slot packet-optical shelf versus other 14-slot shelf types

Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

Cross-connect circuit packs

Cross-connect NTK557AAE5 √ √
circuit packs NTK557BAE5
NTK557NAE5
NTK557PAE5
NTK557QAE5
NTK557TBE5
NTK557EAE5
NTK557GAE5

Cross-connect NTK615AA √
circuit packs NTK615BA
NTK557ES
NTK557GS

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Table 3-3 (continued)

6500 14-slot common equipment in 14-slot packet-optical shelf versus other 14-slot shelf types

Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

Cooling units and fan modules

Regular flow NTK507AA √

cooling unit kits NTK507BA
NTK507CA
NTK507AB
NTK507BBE5
NTK507CBE5

High flow cooling NTK507BCE5 √

unit kits NTK507CCE5

Top cooling fan NTK507KAE5 √

module NTK507KBE5

Front cooling fan NTK507LAE5 √

module NTK507LBE5

Rear cooling fan NTK507MAE5 √

module NTK507MBE5

Front cooling fan NTK507LCE5 √ √

module

Rear cooling fan NTK507MCE5 √ √

module

High flow front NTK507LDE5 √ √ √

cooling fan module
(see Note 2 and
Note 4)

High flow rear NTK507MDE5 √ √ √

cooling fan module
(see Note 3 and
Note 4)

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Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

High flow front NTK507LS √

cooling fan module
(Type 3) (see
Note 4 and Note 5)

High flow rear NTK507MS √

cooling fan module
(Type 3) (see
Note 4 and Note 5)

Interface filler card

Interface filler card NTK505YAE5 √ √ √

Shelf front covers

Shelf Front Cover NTK509CAE6 √

Shelf Front Cover NTK509CBE6

Shelf Front Cover NTK509CCE6 √ √

NTK509CD
(see Note 6)

Shelf Front Cover NTK509DCE6 √

(see Note 7)

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6500 14-slot common equipment in 14-slot packet-optical shelf versus other 14-slot shelf types

Common PEC 14-slot shelf types

equipment
Optical, Converged Packet-optical
optical/front electrical, shelf types shelf type
optical/rear electrical, (NTK503ADE5, (NTK503SA)
metro NTK503BDE5,
shelf types NTK503CDE5)
(NTK503xA,
NTK503xB, NTK503xC)
(see Note 1)

Note 1: Some 14-slot shelf types are equipped with a cooling shelf that is not compatible with some
cooling fan modules. For cooling fan/shelf compatibility, see Planning - Ordering Information,
323-1851-151.
Note 2: With 14-slot NTK503xA/NTK503xB variants, this fan can be equipped in a front venting cooling
shelf (NTK507FA, NTK507FB) but is not supported in a top venting cooling shelf (NTK507EA,
NTK507EB) or a rear venting cooling shelf (NTK507GA, NTK507GB).
Note 3: With 14-slot NTK503xA/NTK503xB variants, this fan can be equipped in a rear venting cooling
shelf (NTK507GA, NTK507GB) but is not supported in a top venting cooling shelves (NTK507EA,
NTK507EB) or a front venting cooling shelf (NTK507FA, NTK507FB).
Note 4: High flow cooling fan modules (NTK507LDE5, NTK507MDE5 or Type 3 variants NTK507LS,
NTK507MS) are required when high performance circuit packs such as SuperMux, 20G L2SS, 100G
OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100GE OCI, 100G OCI, 10x10G MUX,
10x10GE MUX, 40G UOCLD, 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G XCIF, 16xFLEX OTN
I/F, 40G OCI, 40/43G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI circuit packs are equipped in a 14-slot
shelf.
Note 5: Using high flow front cooling fan module (Type 3) (NTK507LS) or high flow rear cooling fan
module (Type 3) (NTK507MS) in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) requires that the shelf is
also equipped with 2x50A Power Input Card (NTK505DS).
Note 6: Only supported on converged optical (NTK503ADE5) and converged optical/rear electrical
(NTK503CDE5) shelf types.
Note 7: Only supported on converged optical/front electrical (NTK503BDE5) shelf type.

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14-slot electrical interface area

14-slot optical/front electrical and converged optical/front electrical shelves
The bottom section of the optical/front electrical and converged optical/front
electrical shelves support the installation of hardware associated with
electrical interfaces (E1, DS3/E3/EC-1, STM-1e, or 10/100BT). Figure 3-7
shows the layout of the electrical interface area fitted with the E1 interface
hardware.

For more information about the E1, DS3/E3/EC-1, STM-1e, and 10/100BT
hardware, see Electrical Circuit Packs, 323-1851-102.2.

Figure 3-7
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63xE1 electrical hardware

The 63xE1 electrical interface hardware includes:
• I/O panels (up to two)
• I/O protection modules (up to four per I/O panel) - optional
• 120 ohm converter modules (up to eight per I/O panel) - optional

When installed, this hardware allows for up to 504 75 ohm or 120 ohm E1
electrical interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via
either side of the shelf.

24xDS3/E3/EC-1 electrical hardware

The 24xDS3/E3/EC-1 electrical interface hardware includes up to four I/O
panels. When installed, this hardware allows for up to 192 75 ohm
DS3/E3/EC-1 electrical interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be
routed via either side of the shelf.

24x10/100BT electrical hardware

The 24x10/100BT electrical interface hardware includes up to four I/O panels.

When installed, this hardware allows for up to 192 10/100BT electrical

interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via either side of
the shelf.

16xSTM-1e electrical hardware

The 16xSTM-1e electrical interface hardware includes up to four I/O panels.

When installed, this hardware allows for up to 192 STM-1e electrical

interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via either side of
the shelf.

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14-slot optical/rear electrical shelf and converged optical/rear electrical

shelf
The rear of the backplane of the optical/rear electrical and converged
optical/rear electrical shelves support the installation of hardware associated
with electrical interfaces (DS3/E3/EC-1 or 10/100BT).

Figure 3-8 shows the layout of the electrical interface area fitted with the
DS3/E3/EC-1 interface hardware. For more information about the
DS3/E3/EC-1 and 10/100BT hardware, see Electrical Circuit Packs,
323-1851-102.2.

Figure 3-8
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DS3/E3/EC-1 electrical hardware

The DS3/E3/EC-1 electrical interface hardware includes up to four I/O panels.

When installed, this hardware allows for up to 192 75 ohm DS3/E3/EC-1

electrical interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via
either side of the shelf.

10/100BT electrical hardware

The 10/100BT electrical interface hardware includes up to four I/O panels.

When installed, this hardware allows for up to 192 10/100BT electrical

interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via either side of
the shelf.

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14-slot metro front electrical shelf

The bottom section of the metro front electrical shelf supports the installation
of hardware associated with
• E1 electrical interfaces in the outer I/O section (slots 1-4 and 9-12), and
• DS3 or E3 electrical interfaces, and 10/100BT interfaces in the central I/O
area (slots 5 and 6).

Figure 3-9 shows an example of the layout of the electrical interface area fitted
with the E1 interface hardware. For more information about the E1 hardware,
see Electrical Circuit Packs, 323-1851-102.2.

Figure 3-9
Metro front electrical shelf—electrical interface area

E1 electrical hardware
The E1 electrical interface hardware includes up to eight I/O modules. When
installed, this hardware allows for up to 504 75 ohm or 120 ohm E1 electrical
interfaces. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via either side of
the shelf and can also be routed to the rear of the shelf.

DS3/EC1/E3 electrical and FE 10/100BT optical or electrical hardware

The DS3, EC1, E3, or FE 10/100BT interface hardware includes one I/O
panel. Cabling associated with interfaces can be routed via either side of the
shelf and can also be routed to the rear of the shelf.

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32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB)

The 32-slot shelf consists of two slots for cross-connect circuit packs, seven
slots for other common equipment and 32 slots for interface circuit packs:
• common equipment
— access panel (AP) is located in slot 47
— cooling trays are located in slots 45 and 46
— Power Input Cards are located in slots 43 and 44
— cross-connect circuit packs are located in slots 9 and 10 (full-height)
— shelf processors (SP) are located in slots 41 and 42
• interface circuit packs are located in slots 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38

The 32-slot shelf also contains a fiber/cable routing channel located at the
bottom of each row in the shelf that is used to manage optical fiber/cabling
entering and exiting the shelf. For the 32-slot shelf, the fiber/cabling routing
channel includes an integral air plenum (see “Air flow directions and cooling
configurations” on page 3-69).

A 32-slot shelf assembly is shown in Figure 3-10 as an example.

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Figure 3-10
6500 shelf layout (32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly)

Off On Off On Off On Off On

L1 L2 L1 L2

This unit has

more than one
power source.
L1 Slot: 1-7, 21-27
L2 Slot: 8-11, 28, 31, 41, 42, 45-47
L3 Slot: 12-18, 32-38
PDM
Power
Status
_
+
Test Points

L1 L2 L3
L3
Off On This unit has
more than one
power source.
L1 Slot: 1-7, 21-27
L2 Slot: 8-11, 28, 31, 41, 42, 45-47
L3 Slot: 12-18, 32-38
PDM
Power
Status
Test Points
_
+
L1 L2 L3
L3
Off On
Power interface
modules
(slots 43 and 44)

Cooling fan modules

(slots 45 and 46)
51 52 53 54 55 56 External Slot ILAN In ILAN Out

Access panel (slot 47)

Telemetry Alarm A ESI B A ESO B ESO/ESI
DTE Critical

Major
ACO/
Minor Lamp
Test
57 58 59 60 61 62 External Slot COLAN-X COLAN-A

ESD jack Shelf processor

location slot (slot 41)

ESD jack
Fiber/cable location
routing channel

Service Service
interface interface
slots slots
(slots 1 to 8) (slots 11 to 18)

Shelf processor
slot (slot 42)

Fiber/cable
routing channel

Service interface Service interface

slots (slots 21 to 28) Cross-connect slots slots (slots 31 to 38)
for MSPP functions
(slots 9 and 10)

Unlike 14-slot shelves where 14 traffic-carrying slots are arranged in one row,
the 32-slot shelf contains 32 traffic-carrying slots in two rows. Therefore, the
32-slot shelf assembly can accommodate more traffic-carrying circuit packs
and hence increasing 6500 fabric capacity from 240 Gbit/s to 640 Gbit/s.

Similar to 14-slot optical shelf and converged optical shelf assemblies

supported in previous releases, this 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly is
used in applications where only optical services will be deployed. The height,
width, and depth of a 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly is dimensionally
different from the previously supported 14-slot optical shelf assemblies (see

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Figure 3-11 on page 3-32) and unlike 14-slot shelf assemblies where the
shelves can be installed in 19” racks, the 32-slot shelves must be installed in
either 21” or 23” racks.

Similar to 14-slot optical-packet, optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CCE5

variant), 14-slot metro front electrical shelf (NTK503GA), and 14-slot
converged shelves (NTK503ADE5, NTK503BDE5, NTK503CDE5) but unlike
other supported shelf assemblies, the 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly
has slots integrated into the shelf which must be equipped with cooling fan
modules. The 32-slot shelf assembly requires two cooling fan modules, each
containing four integrated fans that are not field-replaceable (e.g. even a
single fan failure requires replacement of the entire cooling fan module).

The 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly allows the users to maximize the
reuse of the existing 6500 PKT/OTN/MSPP/Broadband/Photonic circuit packs
while being able to deploy a larger and denser shelf configuration.

The 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly is offered in two variants;

NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB. Comparing to NTK603AAE5 variant, the
NTK603AB variant offers power scaling enhancements. Table 3-4 shows the
main differences between the two 32-slot shelf types.

Table 3-4
Differences between NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants of 32-slot shelf

Descriptions NTK603AAE5 variant NTK603AB variant Reference for

more
information
Power Input Cards • 3x60A Power Input Cards • 3x60A Power Input Cards Type 2 Common
(breakered) (breakered) (NTK605FA) Equipment,
(NTK605CAE5) • 3x60A Power Input Card Type 2 323-1851-102.1
• 3x60A Power Input Cards (fused) (NTK605FE) (Chapter 3)
(fused) (NTK605EAE5) • 4x60A Power Input Cards Type 2
(breakered) (NTK605GA)
• 4x60A Power Input Cards Type 2
(fused) (NTK605GE)
Power Input Card Shared LEDs for all three One LED per feed on each Power Part 1 of Fault
LEDs feeds on each Power Input Input Card Management -
Card Alarm Clearing,
323-1851-543

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Table 3-4 (continued)

Differences between NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants of 32-slot shelf

Descriptions NTK603AAE5 variant NTK603AB variant Reference for

more
information
Busbars for bridging 3-prong (N0195733); two • NTK605FA and NTK605FE: Planning -
power terminals are included with each — Power Card Feed/Return Ordering
Power Input Card 3-Prong Busbar/Jumper Kit Information,
(500-0100-003) 323-1851-151

• NTK605GA and NTK605GE:

— Power Card Feed/Return
2-Prong Busbar/Jumper Kit
(500-0100-002) and Power
Card Feed/Return 4-Prong
Busbar/Jumper Kit
(500-0100-004)
Busbars are not included with
Power Input Cards and must be
ordered separately.
Power distribution and Different for NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB variants. See Common Equipment,
zoning 323-1851-102.1 (Chapter 3) for details

The 32-slot packet-optical shelf must be equipped with the following common
equipment:
• Shelf processor (SP-2 Dual CPU) circuit pack (NTK555FAE5)
• Shelf processor (SP-2) circuit pack (NTK555EAE5)
• Two 3x60A Power Input Cards (breakered) (NTK605CAE5) or two 3x60A
Power Input Cards (fused) (NTK605EAE5) in NTK603AAE5 variant
• Two 3x60A Power Input Cards Type 2 (breakered) (NTK605FA), two
3x60A Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) (NTK605FE), two 4x60A Power
Input Cards Type 2 (breakered) (NTK605GA), or two 4x60A Power Input
Cards Type 2 (fused) (NTK605GE) in NTK603AB variant
• Two cooling fan modules (NTK607AAE5) for 32-slot shelf
• Access Panel (NTK605MAE5) for 32-slot shelf assembly

Attention: The 32-slot packet-optical shelf assemblies (NTK603AAE5

variant) only operate with 6500 Release 6.0 or higher software loads. The
32-slot packet-optical shelf assemblies (NTK603AB variant) only operate
with 6500 Release 9.2 or higher software loads.

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Figure 3-11
32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK603AAE5 and NTK603AB)

498 mm
19.6 in

Cooling unit 32-slot packet-optical shelf

assembly (22 U / 977 mm/ 38.5 in)

Service interface slots

Service interface slots

Fiber/cable
routing channel Fiber/cable
routing channel
Service interface slots

Service interface slots

Fiber/cable
routing channel

Fiber/cable
routing channel 277.5 mm
10.9 in

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7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5 and NTK503KA)

The 6500 supports 7-slot shelf in following variants:
• 6500 7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5)
• 6500 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503KA)

A 7-slot shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5) is shown in Figure 3-12 as an

example. A 7-slot shelf Type 2 assembly (NTK503KA) equipped with AC
Power Input Cards is shown in Figure 3-13 as an example.

Figure 3-12
6500 shelf layout (7-slot optical shelf assembly; NTK503PAE5 is shown)

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Figure 3-13
6500 shelf layout (7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly; NTK503KA is shown equipped with AC
Power Input Cards)

The 7-slot shelf contains seven traffic-carrying slots, however these

traffic-carrying circuit packs are horizontally aligned (unlike in 14-slot or
32-slot shelves where the 14 or 32 traffic-carrying circuit packs are vertically
aligned). The 7-slot shelf assembly can accommodate less traffic-carrying
circuit packs than 14-slot or 32-slot shelves but more than 2-slot shelves.

The 7-slot shelf assembly is used in applications where only optical services
will be deployed. The height of a 7-slot optical shelf assembly are
dimensionally different from the 2-slot, 14-slot, and 32-slot shelf assemblies
(see Figure 3-14 on page 3-39) but the width and depth are similar to 14-slot
shelf assemblies. The 7-slot shelves can be installed in ETSI (535 mm), 19 in.
and 23 in. racks.

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The 7-slot optical shelf (NTK503PAE5 variant) has a slot for a Shelf Processor
circuit pack and a separate slot for an Access Panel. The shelf supports DC
Power Input Cards with A/B feeds up to 40A.

The 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503KA variant) has a slot for a Shelf
Processor w/Access Panel circuit pack. The shelf supports the DC Power
Input Card (A/B feeds up to 50A) but can alternatively be equipped with two,
three or four 100-240 Vac Power Input Cards each connected to a separate
AC feed. The 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf equipped with AC Power Input Cards
is used in applications where DC power is not available or as an alternative to
using a shelf with an external rectifier. The 7-slot optical Type 2 variant also
supports airflow deflection configuration for front-only air intake and
rear-only/front-only exhaust in rack types other than EIA 19 inch.

The 7-slot shelf has a slot integrated into the shelf which must be equipped
with a cooling fan module (also called cooling unit). Each 7-slot shelf assembly
requires one cooling unit which contains four integrated fans that are not
field-replaceable (e.g. even a single fan failure requires replacement of the
entire cooling fan module).

The 7-slot shelf does not support RS-232 DTE access.

The 7-slot shelf contains a fiber/cable routing channel located at the

right-hand side of the shelf and is used to manage optical fiber/cabling
entering and exiting the shelf. For the 7-slot shelf, the fiber/cabling routing
channel includes an integral air plenum (see “Air flow directions and cooling
configurations” on page 3-69).

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The differences between the 7-slot shelf types accommodating both the
common equipment and interface circuit packs are shown in Table 3-5:
Table 3-5
7-slot shelf slots

Slot number(s) 7-slot optical shelf assembly 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly
(NTK503PAE5) (NTK503KA)

1 to 7 Service slot# 1 to 7 Service slot# 1 to 7

(see Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3) (see Note 1, Note 2 and Note 3)

15 Located above slot 7: Located below slot 1:

• Shelf processor (SP) circuit pack • Shelf processor w/access panel
(NTK555AA or NTK555ABE5) (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP
• shelf processor (SP-2) circuit pack (NTK555NA)
(NTK555CAE5 or NTK555EAE5) (see Note 1 and Note 4)
• shelf processor (SP-2 Dual CPU) circuit
pack (NTK555FAE5)
(see Note 1)

17 and 18 • Two single-slot wide DC Power Input -

Cards:
40A Power Input Cards (breakered)
(NTK505CEE5),
40A Power Input Cards (breakerless)
(NTK505DEE5), or
Fused Power Input Cards (2-Wire D-Sub
Input, Max 40A) (NTK505EEE5):
— working: Power Input Card A in slot 17
— protection: Power Input Card B in slot
18
(see Note 1)

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Table 3-5 (continued)

7-slot shelf slots

Slot number(s) 7-slot optical shelf assembly 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly
(NTK503PAE5) (NTK503KA)

17, 18, 19, and - • Two double-slot wide DC Power Input

20 Cards:
Power Input Card Type 2 (breakered) -
2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
(NTK505QA),
or
Power Input Card Type 2 (fused) -
2-wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A
(NTK505QE):
— working: Power Input Card A in slots
17/18
— protection: Power Input Card B in
slots 19/20
• AC Power Input Cards
up to four single-slot wide AC Power
Input Card Type 2 (100 - 240 Vac)
(NTK505RA):
— 1:1 where working power input
card A is in slot 17 and protection
Power Input Card B is in slot 20
— 1:2 where working power input
cards A are in slots 17 and 18 and
protection Power Input Card B is in
slot 20
— 1:3 where working power input
cards A are in slots 17, 18, and 19
and protection Power Input Card B is
in slot 20
— 2:2 where working power input
cards A are in slots 17 and 18 and
protection Power Input Cards B are
in slots 19 and 20
(see Note 1)

19 Access panel (NTK505PAE5) with four No separate access panel (i.e.

external slots (83 to 86) and nine virtual integrated in shelf processor w/access
slots (91 to 99) panel (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP
(see Note 1) (NTK555NA)

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Table 3-5 (continued)

7-slot shelf slots

Slot number(s) 7-slot optical shelf assembly 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly
(NTK503PAE5) (NTK503KA)

20 Cooling fan module (NTK507PAE5) with -

alarm lamps and cut-off (ACO)
or
Cooling Fan Module Type 2 (NTK507PB)
with alarm lamps and cut-off (ACO)
(see Note 1)

21 - Cooling Fan Module Type 2

(NTK507PB), no alarm cut-off (ACO)
button or remote ACO, with alarm lamps
(see Note 1)

Note 1: This equipment is not integrated in the shelf and therefore field-replaceable.
Note 2: The 7-slot shelf does not support/require cross-connect (XC) or MXC circuit packs. As a result,
the MSPP circuit packs are not supported in a 7-slot shelf since MSPP circuit packs require XC or MXC
circuit packs to function.
Note 3: The 7-slot shelf does not support OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs.
Note 4: There are two ejector latches on SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit packs (one at each end of the SPAP-2
w/2xOSC circuit pack). During SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack removal, you must unscrew both
thumbscrews and use the ejector latches to pull the circuit pack out. The size of the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC
faceplate is slightly wider than other 6500 circuit packs so SPAP-2 w/2xOSC can not be inserted in the
7-slot (NTK503PAE5 variant), 14-slot, or 32-slot shelf. In addition, do not force any other circuit pack into
slot 15 of NTK503KA variant of the 7-slot shelf.
Note 5: You must use NTK509EPE6 as the air filter for the NTK503PAE5 variant of the 7-slot shelf. You
must use NTK509EK as the air filter for the NTK503KA variant of the 7-slot shelf.

Attention: The 7-slot optical shelf assemblies (NTK503PAE5) only operate

with 6500 Release 6.0 or higher software loads. The 7-slot optical Type 2
shelf assemblies (NTK503KA) only operate with 6500 Release 9.2 or higher
software loads.

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Figure 3-14
7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5 and NTK503KA)

440.5 mm
17.3 in

7-slot optical shelf

assembly
(6 U / 267 mm/ 10.5 in)

Cooling fan module

Shelf 281mm
11.1 in
Fiber/cable
routing channel

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6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA)

The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf accommodates both the common equipment
and interface circuit packs and consists of:
• common equipment
— access panel (AP) is located on the bottom of the 6500-7
packet-optical shelf in slot 19
— Power Input Cards are located on the top of the 6500-7 packet-optical
shelf in slots 17 and 18
— PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs are located in slots 7 and 8 (not
required for Broadband or Photonic services)
— shelf processors (SP-2) are located in slots 15 and 16
• interface circuit packs are located in slots 1 to 6 for PKT/OTN I/F, and/or
Broadband services or in slots 1 to 8 for Photonic services.

Attention: In this release, 6500-7 packet-optical shelf does not support

MSPP circuit packs or STS-1/VC-3 or VT1.5/VC12 cross-connect circuit
packs.

A 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA) is shown in Figure 3-15

as an example.

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Figure 3-15
6500 shelf layout (6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly)

Power input
cards Shelf processors
(slots 17 and 18) (slots 15 and 16)

Ground Door mount

Cross-connect (XC) slots

(slots 7 and 8)

Air filter location

(tab is part of air filter)

Ground Door mount

ESD wrist-strap
grounding point

Fiber/cable
Cooling fan module (slot 20) routing channel
Access Panel (slot 19)

Service interface slots (slots 1 to 6)

The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf contains eight service interface slots,

however they are horizontally aligned (similar to the seven traffic-carrying slots
of the 7-slot shelf but unlike in 14-slot or 32-slot shelves where the 14 or 32
traffic-carrying circuit packs are vertically aligned). Similar to the 14-slot shelf
types, in the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, two of the service slots (slots 7 and
8) also support cross-connect type circuit packs. The 6500-7 packet-optical
shelf assembly can accommodate less service circuit packs than 14-slot or
32-slot shelves but more than 2-slot or 7-slot shelves. The 6500-7
packet-optical shelf assembly is used in applications where PKT/OTN I/F,
Broadband, or Photonic optical services will be deployed. The height of a
6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly are dimensionally different from the
2-slot, 7-slot, 14-slot, and 32-slot shelf assemblies (see Figure 3-15 on page
3-41) but the width and depth are similar to 14-slot, 7-slot, or 2-slot shelf
assemblies. The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly can be installed in
ETSI (535 mm), 19 in., and 23 in. racks.

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The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly must be equipped with the following
common equipment:
• One or two shelf processors (SP redundancy) and can be
— Shelf processor (SP-2) circuit packs (NTK555CAE5 or NTK555EAE5),
or
— shelf processor (SP-2 Dual CPU) circuit packs (NTK555FAE5)
• Two DC Power Input Cards with A/B feeds up to 60A and can be
— 50A Power Input Card (breakered) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input (NTK505CC),
— Fused Power Input Card - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 50A (NTK505EC)
— 60A Power Input Card (breakered) (NTK505CAE5),
— 60A Power Input Card (breakerless) (NTK505DAE5), or
— Fused Power Input Card - Max 60A (NTK505EAE5)

Attention: When equipping the shelf with a 60A-rated power input cards
with 2-hole lug-landing, 1U of space above the shelf must be reserved for the
power cable connection and routing.

• One Cooling Fan Module (NTK507QA) for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf

The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf has a slot integrated into the shelf which
must be equipped with a cooling fan module. Each 6500-7 packet-optical
shelf assembly requires one cooling fan module which contains six
integrated fans that are not field-replaceable (e.g. a single fan failure
requires replacement of the entire cooling fan module).
• One Access Panel for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK505JA)
• Two PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs
X-Conn 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit
packs are only needed if PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs are present in the
shelf. In this release, 6500-7 packet-optical shelf does not support
STS-1/VC-3 or VT1.5/VC12 cross-connect circuit packs.

Attention: The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf access panel (NTK505JA) does

not support RS-232 DTE access.

The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf contains a fiber/cable routing channels

located at the right-hand side of the shelf used to manage optical fiber/cabling
entering and exiting the shelf. For the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, the
fiber/cabling routing channel includes an integral air plenum (see “Air flow
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Attention: The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA) only

operates with 6500 Release 10.0 or higher software loads.

Figure 3-16
6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA)

440.5 mm
17.3 in

6500-7 packet-optical
shelf assembly
(7 U / 310 mm/ 12.2 in)

Cooling fan module

Shelf
281mm
Fiber/cable 11.1 in
routing channel

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2-slot shelf assembly (NTK503MAE5/NTK503NAE5/NTK503LA)

The 6500 supports 2-slot shelf in following variants:
• 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP shelf assembly (DC-powered)
(NTK503MAE5)
• 2-slot shelf w/SP + OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP shelf assembly (AC-powered)
(NTK503NAE5)
• 6500 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503LA)
The 2-slot shelf contains two traffic-carrying slots (and also traffic-carrying
OTN FLEX MOTR function integrated in the shelf in NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5 variants), however they are horizontally aligned similar to eight
traffic-carrying slots of the 6500-7 packet-optical or the seven traffic-carrying
slots of the 7-slot shelf (unlike in 14-slot or 32-slot shelves where the 14 or 32
traffic-carrying circuit packs are vertically aligned). The 2-slot shelf assembly
can accommodate less traffic-carrying circuit packs than 6500-7
packet-optical, 7-slot, 14-slot, or 32-slot shelves.
The 2-slot shelf consists of five slots (two service interface circuit pack slots
and three integrated equipment slots for the NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5
variants) or six slots (two service interface circuit pack slots and four common
equipment slots for the NTK503LA variant) and accommodates both the
common equipment and interface circuit packs according to Table 3-6:

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Table 3-6
2-slot shelf slots

Slot number NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants NTK503LA variant

1 Service slot# 1 Service slot# 1

(see Note 1, Note 4 and Note 5) (see Note 1, Note 4 and Note 5)

2 Service slot# 2 Service slot# 2

(see Note 1, Note 4 and Note 5) (see Note 1, Note 4 and Note 5)

15 Integrated shelf processor/access panel Shelf processor/access panel (SPAP) or

with OTN FLEX MOTR function Shelf processor w/access panel
(see Note 6, Note 7, Note 8, and Note 9) (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP
(see Note 1, Note 8, Note 10, and
Note 11)

17 Not applicable Power Input Card A

(see Note 1)

18 Not applicable Power Input Card B

(see Note 1)

20 Cooling fan module Cooling fan module

(see Note 1 and Note 2) (see Note 1 and Note 3)

Integrated √ N/A
power supply
unit (PSU)
(see Note 6
and Note 9)

External slots √ N/A

25 to 27 in
integrated
access panel

External slots N/A √

83 to 85 in
SPAP

Virtual slots 29 √ N/A

to 32

Virtual slots 91 N/A √

to 99

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Table 3-6 (continued)

2-slot shelf slots

Slot number NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants NTK503LA variant

Note 1: This equipment is not integrated in the shelf and therefore field-replaceable.
Note 2: An NTK503NAE5 (or NTK507NA) cooling fan module is included with the
NTK503MAE5/NTK503NAE5 shelf ordering code.
Note 3: An NTK507NA cooling fan module is not included with the NTK503LA shelf ordering code and
must be ordered separately.
Note 4: The 2-slot shelf does not support/require cross-connect (XC) or MXC circuit packs. As a result,
the MSPP circuit packs are not supported in a 2-slot shelf since MSPP circuit packs require XC or MXC
circuit packs to function.
Note 5: The 2-slot shelf does not support OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs.
Note 6: This equipment is integrated in the shelf and not field-replaceable.
Note 7: OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP interface circuit pack function is integrated on the integrated shelf
processor/access panel of the NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants of a 2-slot shelf in slot 15.
Note 8: There is a reset push button for power-cycle reset of slot 15. This is a user defined push button
switch to remove power from the integrated shelf processor, access panel, and 8xOTN Flex MOTR (in
case of NTK503MAE5 and NTK503MAE5 shelf variants), SPAP-2 w/2xOSC or SPAP circuit pack (in
case of NTK503LA shelf variant) located on slot 15 when momentarily pressed. Power to slot 15 is
restored when this reset button is released. The cooling fan module and traffic-carrying slots (slots 1
and 2) power are not affected by activation of this reset button. Avoid pressing the reset button with a
sharp pointy object and instead use devices such as paper clips.
Note 9: Since the shelf processor/access panel and power supply unit are integrated in NTK503MAE5
and NTK503NAE5 variants of a 2-slot shelf, a failure of one of these equipment requires replacement
of the entire shelf. Also the OTN FLEX MOTR function offered by OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP circuit pack
(NTK532BAE5) is integrated in NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants of a 2-slot shelf and this
means a failure of this integrated part requires replacement of the entire shelf.
Note 10: There are two ejector latches on SPAP circuit packs (one at each end of the SPAP circuit
pack). On SPAP circuit pack removal, you must unscrew both thumbscrews and use the ejector latches
to pull the circuit pack out. The size of the SPAP faceplate is slightly wider than other 6500 circuit packs
so SPAP cannot be inserted in the 6500-7 packet-optical, 7-slot (NTK503PAE5 variant), 14-slot, or
32-slot shelf. In addition, do not force any other circuit pack into slot 15 of NTK503LA variant of the 2-slot
shelf.
Note 11: There are two ejector latches on SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit packs (one at each end of the
SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack). During SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack removal, you must unscrew both
thumbscrews and use the ejector latches to pull the circuit pack out. The size of the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC
faceplate is slightly wider than other 6500 circuit packs so SPAP-2 w/2xOSC can not be inserted in the
6500-7 packet-optical, 7-slot (NTK503PAE5 variant), 14-slot, or 32-slot shelf. In addition, do not force
any other circuit pack into slot 15 of the NTK503LA variant of the 2-slot shelf.

Compared to other shelf types, the 2-slot has

• no separate shelf processor (SP), access panel (AP), or power supply unit
(PSU) in NTK503MAE5 and NTK503MAE5 shelf variants
• no external synchronization or BITS
• no RS-232 DTE or DCE access

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• seven alarm/telemetry inputs (other shelf types have as many as 16

inputs)
• no alarm outputs, except on the NTK503LA shelf variant when equipped
with the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA) which has visual alarm outputs
for Critical, Major and Minor alarms
• no telemetry outputs, except on the NTK503LA shelf variant when
equipped with the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA) which has four
telemetry outputs via an RJ45 connector
• no alarm cut-off (ACO)
• no fiber tray or fiber/cable routing channel
• no COLAN-A, COLAN-B or ILAN-IN

The 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503LA variant) must be equipped with the
following common equipment:
• Shelf processor w/access panel (SPAP) circuit pack (NTK555LA) or Shelf
processor w/access panel (SPAP-2) w/2xOSC 2xSFP circuit pack
(NTK555NA); only applicable to NTK503LA variant as shelf
processor/access panel is an integrated part of NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5 variants
• Power Input Card (breakerless) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input, Max 10A
(NTK505TA), 24 Vdc Power Input Card (breakered) - 2-Wire D-Sub Input
(NTK505TR), or AC Power Input Card (100 - 240 Vac) (NTK505SB); only
applicable to NTK503LA variant as power supply unit is an integrated part
of NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants
• Cooling fan module (NTK507NA); the 2-slot shelf has a slot integrated into
the shelf which must be equipped with a cooling fan module. Each 2-slot
shelf assembly requires one cooling unit which contains three integrated
fans that are not field-replaceable (e.g. even a single fan failure requires
replacement of the entire cooling fan module). Note that the NTK507NA
cooling fan module can also be also used in the NTK503MAE5 and
NTK503NAE5 2-slot shelf variants but only the NTK507NA can be used in
the NTK503LA shelf variant.

Attention: The 2-slot shelf assemblies (NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5

variants) only operate with 6500 Release 8.0 or higher software loads. The
2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly (NTK503LA variant) only operates with
6500 Release 9.1 or higher software loads.

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For 2-slot shelves where SP, AP, and power supply unit are integrated and a
2-slot shelf assembly is shown in Figure 3-17 as an example (NTK503MAE5
variant). For 2-slot shelves where SP, AP, and power supply unit are not
integrated, a 2-slot shelf assembly is shown in Figure 3-18 as an example
(NTK503LA variant).

Figure 3-17
6500 shelf layout (2- slot optical shelf assembly; DC-powered (NTK503MAE5) is shown)

Service
interface slots
(slots 1 and 2)

Cooling fan module integrated access Integrated power

panel/shelf processor/ interface module
OTN FLEX MOTR (DC connectors are shown)

Figure 3-18
6500 shelf layout (2-slot optical Type 2 shelf assembly; NTK503LA)

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The 2-slot shelf assembly allows the users to maximize the reuse of the
existing 6500 Broadband/Photonic circuit packs while being able to deploy a
smaller shelf configuration. The 2-slot shelf assembly does not support MSPP
or some Photonic circuit packs.
The 2-slot shelf assembly is used in applications where only optical services
will be deployed. The height, width, and depth of a 2-slot shelf assembly are
dimensionally different from the 6500-7 packet-optical, 7-slot, 14-slot and
32-slot shelf assemblies (see Figure 3-19, Figure 3-20 on page 3-50, and
Figure 3-21 on page 3-51) and it can be installed in ETSI (535 mm), 19 in.,
and 23 in. racks. However unique to the 2-slot AC shelf variant
(NTK503NAE5) and 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf variant (NTK503LA), wall
mounting installation is also supported, resulting in the traffic-carrying circuit
packs being vertically aligned.

Figure 3-19
2-slot shelf assembly (NTK503LA)

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Figure 3-20
2-slot shelf assembly (DC-powered; NTK503MAE5)

2-slot optical shelf 443.2 mm

assembly 17.5 in
(2 U / 89 mm/ 3.5 in)

Cooling fan module

Shelf

281mm
11.1 in

DC power supply unit

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Figure 3-21
2-slot shelf assembly (AC-powered; NTK503NAE5)

2-slot optical shelf

assembly
(2 U / 89 mm/ 3.5 in) 443.2 mm
17.5 in

Cooling fan module

Shelf

281mm
11.1 in

AC power supply unit

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Extended temperature solution overview and description

This section describes the supported equipment for a 6500 network element
to operate in an extended temperature environment (-40oC to +65oC). Note
that
• all components in the system supporting extended temperature must be
deployable in a cabinet/hut for an environment that meets GR-3108 OSP
Class 2 (Issue 3) requirements.
• the cabinet/hut must be sealed and use a heat exchanger suitable for the
heat release of the equipment. Any battery chamber included in the
cabinet/hut must be ventilated.
• if a component is supported in an extended temperature environment, it
implies that the component is also supported in a non extended
temperature environment. However, the reverse is not true.

The following tables list the supported equipment in an extended temperature

environment (-40oC to +65oC):
• Table 3-7 defines supported 6500 shelves, common equipment, and
circuit packs.
• Table 3-8 on page 3-56 defines the supported pluggables.
• Table 3-9 on page 3-57 defines the supported power and electrical
interface cables and optical fiber patch cords.
Table 3-7
Supported 6500 shelves, common equipment, and circuit packs that operate in an extended
temperature environment

Component Description Order code Note Reference

type

Shelf 6500 2-slot optical NTK503LA For operation in an “2-slot shelf assembly
Type 2 shelf assembly extended temperature (NTK503MAE5/NTK50
environment, the shelf 3NAE5/NTK503LA)”
can only be equipped on page 3-44
with modules, circuit
packs, pluggables,
cables and fibers that
are supported in
extended temperature
applications.

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Table 3-7 (continued)

Supported 6500 shelves, common equipment, and circuit packs that operate in an extended
temperature environment

Component Description Order code Note Reference

type

Bracket kit Bracket and air baffle NTK509NEE6 Use this 23-inch “Bracket kits for 6500
kit, 6500 2-slot Type 2, bracket and air baffle 2-slot shelves
front or rear exhaust kit in a rear-only NTK503MAE5,
567 mm exhaust configuration NTK503NAE5,
center-to-center for operation in an NTK503LA” table in
mounting holes, extended temperature Planning - Ordering
100/127 mm setback, environment as per Information,
EIA hole pitch Telcordia 323-1851-151
GR-3108-CORE (OSP
Class 2).
For information about
extended temperature
support with other shelf
bracket and air baffle
configurations, contact
your Ciena
representative.

Shelf Shelf processor NTZF14xx (kit The OSC SFP port and Common Equipment,
processor w/access panel includes the WSC RJ-45 Ethernet 323-1851-102.1
(SPAP-2) w/2xOSC NTK555NA port of NTK555NA (chapter 1)
2xSFP circuit pack circuit pack) shelf processor are not
supported in extended
temperature range.
Leave all dust caps and
dust plugs in place until
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Table 3-7 (continued)

Supported 6500 shelves, common equipment, and circuit packs that operate in an extended
temperature environment

Component Description Order code Note Reference

type

Power input Power Input Card NTK505TA No power budget Common Equipment,
cards (breakerless) - 2-Wire de-rating is required 323-1851-102.1
D-Sub Input, Max 10A with this power input (chapter 3)
card in an extended
temperature
environment.

24 Vdc Power Input NTK505TR No power budget

Card (breakered) - de-rating is required
2-Wire D-Sub Input with this power input
card in an extended
temperature
environment.

AC Power Input Card NTK505SB In an extended

(100 - 240 Vac) temperature
environment, the shelf
power budget must be
de-rated by 150W
(providing a budget of
169W total for the
equipment in slots 1
and 2 instead of the full
319W)

Cooling fan Cooling Fan Module for NTK507NA N/A “2-slot shelf cooling
module 2-slot shelf configurations” on page
3-82

Front covers 6500 Shelf Front Cover NTK509CNE6 Shelf cover is optional. “6500 shelf front covers
(2-slot shelf) and extension kits”
table in Planning -
6500 2-slot Shelf Front NTK509CM Ordering Information,
Cover Kit w/Extended 323-1851-151
Depth (chapter 2).

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Table 3-7 (continued)

Supported 6500 shelves, common equipment, and circuit packs that operate in an extended
temperature environment

Component Description Order code Note Reference

type

Air filter Air Filter for 2-slot shelf NTK509ENE6 An air filter is included “6500 air filters” table in
with the shelf Planning - Ordering
assembly. Order Information,
spares are required. In 323-1851-151 (chapter
extended temperature 2)
environments, it is
recommended to
inspect the air filter
every 6 months.
Discard and replace
the air filter if it has
accumulated a layer of
dust or has been in use
for 18 to 24 months.

Service OTN Flex MOTR NTK532DE See Table 3-8 on page Broadband, SuperMux,
circuit pack 1xXFP/8xSFP circuit 3-56 for a list of and OTN FLEX MOTR
pack pluggable optics that Circuit Packs,
support operation in an 323-1851-102.5
extended temperature (chapter 5)
environment. Leave all
dust plugs in place until
a port is equipped with
a pluggable.

Filler card Interface Filler Card NTK505YAE5 Filler cards must be “Filler cards and
equipped in any slot panels” table in
not occupied by a Planning - Ordering
service circuit pack. Information,
323-1851-151
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Table 3-8
Supported pluggable optics that operate in an extended temperature environment

Pluggable Description Order code Note Reference

Pluggables OC-48/STM-16 NTTP03BDFor support in an Part 3 of 6500

SR1/I16.1 1310 nm extended temperature Planning, NTRN10DA
XCT Enhanced SFP environment, the (chapter 8).
module pluggable must be
used in a circuit pack
GE/FC100/FC200 NTTP06CD and shelf configuration
1000-BaseLX 1310 nm that also supports
XCT Enhanced SFP operation in an
module extended temperature
OC-3/12/STM-1/4 NTTP04CDE6 environment (see Table
IR1/S1.1_S4.1 1310 3-7 on page 3-52).
nm XCT Enhanced Also see Part 3 of 6500
SFP Module Planning, NTRN10DA
(chapter 7) for more
Multirate 1471 nm NTTP84JA information about
LongHaul ITU CWDM supported rates and
XFP protocols.
Multirate 1491 nm NTTP84JB Dust caps that ship
LongHaul ITU CWDM with the pluggables
XFP must be left in place
until an optical patch
Multirate 1511 nm NTTP84JC cord is connected.
LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

Multirate 1531 nm NTTP84JD

LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

Multirate 1551 nm NTTP84JE

LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

Multirate 1571 nm NTTP84JF

LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

Multirate 1591 nm NTTP84JG

LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

Multirate 1611 nm NTTP84JH

LongHaul ITU CWDM
XFP

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Table 3-9
Supported power and electrical interface cables and optical fiber patch cords that operate in an
extended temperature environment

Pluggable Description Order code Jacket color Reference

DC power Cable Assembly, Power, NTTC01CHE6 L+/BR=Black Part 3 of 6500 Planning,

cables 8AWG, HiFlex, Right L-=Black NTRN10DA (chapter 8).
Routed 2W2, 2.5 m,
Connectorized at one
end only

Cable Assembly, Power, NTTC01CKE6 L+/BR=Blue

8AWG, HiFlex L-=Gray
Blue/Gray, Right Routed
2W2, 2.5 m,
Connectorized at one
end only

AC power AC Power Cord - North NT0H49ADE6 Black

cables America, right-angle IEC
60320 C13 (F) to
standard plug (NEMA
5-15); 10A/125VAC; 3 m
(10 ft)

AC Power Cord - North NT0H49ACE6 Black

America, right-angle IEC
60320 C13 (F) to
twist-lock plug (NEMA
L5-15P); 10A/125VAC;
3 m (10 ft)

AC Power Cord - NT0H49AEE6 Black

European, right-angle
IEC 60320 C13 (F) to
2-pin plug (CEE 7/7);
16A/250VAC; 3 m (10 ft)

AC Power Cord - 431-1136-001 Black

U.K./Ireland,
right-angled IEC 60320
C13 to Fused BS 1363/A
(M); 10A/250VAC; 2.5 m
(7.8 ft)

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Table 3-9 (continued)

Supported power and electrical interface cables and optical fiber patch cords that operate in an
extended temperature environment

Pluggable Description Order code Jacket color Reference

DCN and Cable Assembly, Cat NTTC09AxE6 Gray Planning - Ordering

craft access 5E, RJ45, TIA568B, Information, 323-1851-151
cables Crossover, Single Note: The NTTC09AxE6 and
(different lengths) NTTC09BxE6 Ethernet cables
(see Note)
are not rated for the entire
Cable Assembly, Cat NTTC09BxE6 Gray extended temperature range
5E, RJ45, TIA568B, defined by GR-3108 OSP
Straight, Single Class 2. These cables must
(different lengths) only be used in an extended
(see Note) temperature environment that
Alarm and Alarm cable, DB9M NTTC08ATE6 Olive gray is -20oC to +65oC.
telemetry angled to open, solid
cables wire (30 m)

Environmental alarm NT6Q59ABE6 Gray

cable kit (3 m)

Optical fiber Optical patchcord, FPC, NTTC52xx Yellow

patch cords LC-LC, 1.6D, 1F, SM,
(bend riser, bend insensitive,
insensitive) 42.5 MM LC boot end to
ferrule tip, field
removable trigger,
anti-snag device
(different lengths)

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Table 3-9 (continued)

Supported power and electrical interface cables and optical fiber patch cords that operate in an
extended temperature environment

Pluggable Description Order code Jacket color Reference

Optical fiber Optical patchcord, SM, NTTC50xxE6 Yellow Planning - Ordering

patch cords Simplex (different Information, 323-1851-151
(25mm bend lengths)
radius)
Optical patchcord, SM, NTTC53xxE6 Yellow
Duplex (different
lengths)

Optical patchcord, MM NTTC56xxE6 Orange

50 micron, Simplex
(different lengths)

Optical patchcord, MM NTTC59xxE6 Orange

50 micron, Duplex
(different lengths)

Optical patchcord, MM NTTC62xxE6 Orange

62.5 micron, Simplex
(different lengths)

Optical patchcord, MM NTTC65xxE6 Orange

62.5 micron, Duplex
(different lengths)

Optical patchcord, NTT899EAE6 Yellow

LC-LC, SM, Simplex,
16 inch (40.64 cm.)

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Backplane
All interface circuit packs, access panel interfaces, cooling system, and
electrical interfaces interconnect through the backplane which provides a
number of mechanisms for inter-card communications and control.
• a link for sending status information between the shelf processors and the
interface circuit packs
• a link for sending status information between adjacent slots and between
ports on interface circuit pack slots and the cross-connect circuit pack
slots
• Ethernet – 100Base-T link between each circuit pack and the shelf
processors used for OAM
• control signaling – dedicated links between circuit packs to provide simple
presence, inventory, and control signaling

The backplane provides power and synchronization distribution (both phase

and frequency aligned) to all circuit packs in the shelf. For Broadband
applications, traffic flows through the backplane directly between mated circuit
packs. For PKT/OTN transport and switching as well as MSPP services, all
PKT/OTN or MSPP traffic routes through the backplane to the cross-connect
circuit packs.

In this release of 6500 and to ensure seamless scalability to higher bandwidth

services, the 6500-7 packet-optical, 14-slot converged, and 14/32-slot
packet-optical shelf backplane architectures allow for up to (all bandwidth
figures rounded to 10G increments):
— 20G of traffic between any service slots and the SONET/SDH
cross-connects (XCs) circuit packs (in slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot shelf,
slots 9 and 10 of the 32-slot shelf).
— 100G of traffic between any service slots and the PKT/OTN
cross-connects (XCs) circuit packs (in slots 7 and 8 of the 14-slot
packet-optical shelf variant only, slots 9 and 10 of the 32-slot shelf,
slots 7 and 8 of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf).
— 100G of traffic directly between odd numbered service slots and the
even numbered slots to their right to support adjacent slot
mate-to-mate configurations (limited to 40G between slots 7 and 8 of
14-slot converged shelves and not applicable to slots 7 and 8 of the
14-slot packet-optical or 6500-7 packet-optical shelves or slots 9 and
10 of the 32-slot shelf).
— 100G of traffic between even numbered service slots and the odd
numbered slots to their right for supporting double-width Broadband
circuit packs and Triplet Broadband applications (not applicable to
slots 6 and 7, 8 and 9 in a 14-slot shelf and across quadrants in a
32-slot shelf).

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— 40G of additional traffic between pairs of service slots for forwarding

bandwidth from a Broadband circuit pack to the cross-connects.
The backplane architecture of other manufacturing discontinued 14-slot shelf
types (14-slot optical, optical/front electrical, optical/rear electrical shelf and
metro front electrical shelf variants which do not support 40G or 100G
mate-to-mate Broadband configurations) allows support for up to:
• 20G of traffic between each of slot 5, 6, 9, 10 and the SONET/SDH
cross-connects (XCs) circuit packs (in slots 7 and 8).
• 10G of traffic between each of slot 1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14 and the
SONET/SDH cross-connects (XCs) circuit packs (in slots 7 and 8).
• 20G of traffic directly between slot pairs 5 and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10 to
support adjacent slot mate-to-mate configuration.
• 12.5G of traffic directly between slot pairs 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 11 and 12, 13
and 14 to support adjacent slot mate-to-mate configuration.
• 12.5G of traffic between slots 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 10 and 11, 12 and 13 for
supporting Triplet Broadband applications (not applicable to the
NTK503AA optical, NTK503BA optical/front electrical shelf or NTK503CA
optical/rear electrical shelf variants).

For 7-slot shelf types, the backplane architecture allows for up to

• 100G of traffic directly between odd numbered service slots and the even
numbered slots directly above to support adjacent slot mate-to-mate
configurations.
• 100G of traffic between even numbered service slots and the odd slots
directly above for supporting double-width Broadband circuit packs and
Triplet Broadband applications.

For 2-slot shelf types (NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants), backplane

architecture allows for up to 20G of traffic directly between pairs of slots to
support adjacent slot mate-to-mate configurations. For the 2-slot optical Type
2 shelf (NTK503LA variant), backplane architectures allows for up to 40G of
traffic directly between pairs of slots.

Shelf ID module
The 6500 shelf also contains two shelf ID (SID) redundant modules that
contain the serial number, version, and PEC information about the shelf. The
6500 software uses the SID to determine the type and version of the shelf. The
SID information is displayed in Site Manager through the Inventory screen.
The SID modules are located on the shelf backplane behind the access panel.

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Shelf ESD interface

The 6500 shelf contains two ESD interfaces used to connect an antistatic wrist
strap that is required when handling circuit packs to avoid damaging the circuit
packs as a result of electrostatic discharge. Figure 3-1 on page 3-7 shows the
location of the ESD interfaces on the 6500 shelf (example shows the 14-slot
optical shelf, other shelves may not have ESD interfaces in similar positions).

Shelf cover
An optional shelf cover is available for additional protection and security. The
shelf cover provides visual access to the LEDs on the
• circuit packs (all shelf types; 6500-7 packet-optical, 2-slot, 7-slot, 14-slot,
and 32-slot)
• MIC (only 14-slot shelf)
• Access panel (only 32-slot shelf)

so that the user can view the status of each circuit pack and the shelf level
alarm status. The shelf cover also provides a clip that can be used to insert a
lock.

Figure 3-22 on page 3-63 shows an example for the 14-slot shelf with the shelf
cover on (upper cover NTK509CB shown).

Attention: If you are installing the NTTP12ACE6, NTTP12BCE6, or

NTTP61BAE6 SFPs on circuit packs with horizontal SFP cages (such as
SuperMux circuit packs) as opposed to angled SFP cages, then the shelf
front cover (NTK509CA/NTK509CB/NTK509CCE6/NTK509DCE6) cannot
be installed on the 14-slot shelf. Doing so can damage the patch cords that
connect to the SFPs.

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Figure 3-22
Example: 14-slot shelf cover

The shelf cover can only be used with optical fiber having a 42.5 mm long
strain relief boot.

The use of optical fiber with longer strain relief boots may impact the bend
radius of the optical fibers routing off the circuit pack faceplates when closing
the shelf cover. For the correct optical fibers to be used with the 6500, see
Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

A shelf cover is also available for the electrical I/O interface area in a 14-slot
optical/front electrical shelf, converged optical/front electrical shelf, or metro
front electrical shelf. For PEC information, see Planning - Ordering
Information, 323-1851-151.

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Synchronization hardware
The 6500 synchronization system spans across several components and
consist of the following:
• cross-connect or MXC circuit pack that contains a Stratum 3 level (freerun)
shelf clock and BITS interfaces (see Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1)
• OC-n/STM-n or SuperMux interface circuit packs, which can recover
timing from incoming signals and transfer it to the XC circuit pack (see
OC-n/STM-n Circuit Packs, 323-1851-102.3 and Broadband, SuperMux,
and OTN FLEX MOTR Circuit Packs, 323-1851-102.5)
• Ethernet sync messaging channel (ESMC) is supported on ETH10G
facilities on L2 MOTR and FLEX MOTR. These circuit packs can select
either OTM2 or the underlying ETH10G facility as timing references.
However, only ETH10G supports ESMC
• access panel, which is the location of the shelf BITS inputs/outputs (see
Common Equipment, 323-1851-102.1)
• shelf processor that provides the user interface (see Common Equipment,
323-1851-102.1)

The synchronization system supports the following modes:

• Internal timing - Using the internal stratum 3 clock on the active cross
connect module to generate timing signals
• BITS timing - recovering timing from local BITS inputs, supporting DS1
(SONET), E1 (SDH), 2.048 MHz (SDH), or 64 kHz CC (SDH-J) signals to
synchronize the local clock.
• Line Timing - recovering timing from OCn/STMn, ETH10G, or OTM2
optical signals to synchronize the local clock.

Up to four timing sources (in the case of shelf timing group) and up to two
timing sources (in the case of independent timing group) may be selected with
automatic protection switching between them. A mix of Line and BITS inputs
is also supported. For detailed information on synchronization options and
Sync Messaging support, see Chapter 5, "Synchronization" in Part 2 of
"Configuration-Provisioning and Operating", 323-1851-310.

Figure 3-23 on page 3-65 provides an overview of the 6500 synchronization

architecture. For more information about the synchronization management
feature, see Part 2 of 6500 Planning, NTRN10DA (chapter 5).

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Figure 3-23
6500 synchronization architecture (example)

ESI/ESO ESI/ESO
Unbalanced Balanced

ESI-A ESI-B ESO-A ESO-B ESI-A ESI-B ESO-A ESO-B

Access Panel

Shelf
Processor
Cross-connect circuit packs

OC-n/STM-n, L2 MOTR, Flex MOTR,

eMOTR, or SuperMux interface
circuit packs

Fiber/cable routing channel

The fiber/cable routing channel of the 6500 shelf allows for the management
of optical fibers/cables to/from the optical/STM-1e electrical service
interfaces. The 14-slot, 32-slot, 6500-7 packet-optical, and 7-slot shelf types
support the fiber/cable routing channel. See Figure 3-1 on page 3-7, Figure
3-10 on page 3-29, and Figure 3-12 on page 3-33 for the location of the
fiber/cable routing channel in each 6500 shelf type. The 2-slot shelf types do
not have a fiber/cable routing channel.

Figure 3-24 shows an example of the management and separation of optical

fibers within the fiber routing channel for POTS (OTN and PKT), MSPP,
converged MSPP/Photonic, converged MSPP/Broadband, converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services in a 14-slot shelf (when slots 7 and 8 are
equipped with cross-connect circuit packs).

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Figure 3-24
14-slot optical and converged optical fiber management (example)

Fiber Fiber

Optical fibers/cable leave the faceplate of the interfaces and drop through 60
degrees (for fixed optics and XFPs/SFPs except SuperMux), 90 degrees (for
SFP of fixed optics in SuperMux), 90 degrees (for SFP+ in 10x10GE and CFP
in 100GE OCI/100G), or 90 degrees (for DPOs) into the fiber/cable routing
channel and are routed through both sides of the shelf. Each side can handle
half of the total shelf optical fiber/cable capacity. Optical fibers/cables are
diversely run through the shelf and frame:
• high speed (line-side) can be segregated from low speed (client-side)
• east and west optical fibers/cables are separate

Attention: Fixed attenuators (if required) must be added to the patch panel
or within a fiber storage tray and not on the optical interfaces on the front of
the circuit packs.

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The fiber/cable routing channel at the bottom the 6500 shelf provides
sufficient space to route 2.0 mm outside diameter jacketed optical fibers or
RG179DT cables for all circuit packs in all shelf slots. While using greater than
2.0 mm outside diameter jacketed optical fiber is acceptable, it may limit fiber
channel capacity for the denser port optical circuit packs. For the correct
optical fibers/cables to be used with the 6500, see Planning - Ordering
Information, 323-1851-151. Refer to Part 2 of Installation, 323-1851-201 for
the instructions on how to connect the optical fibers to the 6500.

Fiber manager
The fiber manager is an external drawer used to manage slack fiber (see
Figure 3-25 on page 3-68). The fiber manager:
• is a 1 U high rack-mounted external drawer
• is used wherever slack fiber needs to be managed
• contains 16 flip-up fiber spools (each fiber spool can manage 1.6 m of
fiber, maximum 3 mm diameter)
• can manage a maximum of 16 fibers (at 2 m each)
• has a fiber capacity of 240 ft (73.15 m)

The fiber manager can be front-mounted or mid-mounted in equipment racks

of varying sizes. In order to meet specific installation requirements, the fiber
manager is shipped with five different sets of mounting brackets. Each bracket
is stamped with a letter to identify its type. The letters and the type of rack that
each bracket is used with are listed in Table 3-10 on page 3-68.

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Figure 3-25
Fiber manager

Spring-loaded lock
Cable outlet
Mounting bracket

Note: The fiber manager capacity is 16 fibers x 2 m (6.56 ft) each.

Table 3-10
Mounting bracket labels
Letter Rack type
A EIA 19-in wide with 1.25 in (31.75 mm) hole spacing
B EIA 19-in wide with 1.00 in (25.00 mm) hole spacing
C EIA 23-in wide with 1.25 in (31.75 mm) hole spacing
D EIA 23-in wide with 1.00 in (25.00 mm) hole spacing
E ETSI width with 1.00 in (25.00 mm) hole spacing

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Air flow directions and cooling configurations

The following sections describe air flow directions and cooling configurations
in 6500.

Air flow directions

Table 3-11 shows different air flow options supported in 6500.

Table 3-11
6500 air flow direction options

Option Air flow direction Abbreviation Description Picture

Front air inlet; Rear air exhaust

Front Front--->Rear F-R • Front-right inlet

to and
Rear • Rear-left exhaust
(see Note 1)

Front--->Rear F1-R3 • Lower-front inlet

(see Note 2) and
• Upper-rear exhaust

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Table 3-11 (continued)

6500 air flow direction options

Option Air flow direction Abbreviation Description Picture

Front air inlet; Front air exhaust

Front Front--->Front F-F • Front-right inlet

to and
Front • Front-left exhaust
(see Note 3)

Front--->Front F1-F3 • Lower-front inlet

(see Note 2) and
• Upper-front
exhaust

Wall mounted

Wall mounted Bottom--->Top B-T Wall-mounted with

(see Note 4) • Bottom inlet
and
• Top exhaust

Side-to-Side

Side Right--->Left Rt-Lt • Right-side inlet

to and
Side • Left-side exhaust

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Table 3-11 (continued)

6500 air flow direction options

Option Air flow direction Abbreviation Description Picture

Other air inlet/exhaust combinations

Front Front--->Front&Rear F-F&R • Front inlet

to and
Front&Rear • Front-left and
rear-left exhaust

Front&Right Front&Right---> F&Rt-F&R • Front-right and

to Front&Rear right-side inlet

Front&Rear and
• Front-left and
rear-left exhaust

Front&Right Front&Right---> F&Rt-Lt&R • Front-right and

to Left&Rear right-side inlet

Left&Rear and
• Left-side and
rear-left exhaust

Front&Right Front&Right---> F&Rt-Lt&F&R • Front-right and

to Left&Front&Rear right-side inlet

Left&Front&Rear and
• Left-side, front-left,
and rear-left
exhaust

Front Front---> F1-F3&R3 • Lower-front inlet

to Front&Rear (see Note 2) and
Front&Rear • Upper-front and
upper-rear exhaust

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Table 3-11 (continued)

6500 air flow direction options

Option Air flow direction Abbreviation Description Picture

Front Front--->Top F-T • Front inlet

to and
Top • Top exhaust

Note 1: Front air inlet with rear air exhaust is typically specified for 23” racks in Telcordia GR-63-CORE
(NEBS) operating environments with front cool air supply aisles and rear hot air return aisles.
Note 2: The card cage in the 6500 14-slot and 32-slot shelves is between the air entry zone (1) and air
exhaust zone (3).
Note 3: Front air inlet with front air exhaust is typically specified in ETSI 300 mm deep installations with
back-to-back equipment or when the rack is against a wall or the back of a cabinet.
Note 4: Applies to 2-slot shelves only.

14-slot shelf cooling configurations

The 14-slot shelf supports flexible cooling configurations which includes front,
rear, and top venting. The fan unit draws air from the bottom of the shelf and
vents it through the front, rear, or top of the shelf. The protective grill/air
deflector can be easily adjusted to deflect air either towards the top or bottom
of the bay for operational convenience. Figure 3-26 provides an overview of
the different cooling configurations supported by the 14-slot shelf.

Figure 3-26
14-slot shelf cooling configurations

Front Venting Rear Venting Top Venting

Cooling units Cooling units Cooling units

6500 shelf 6500 shelf 6500 shelf

Fiber routing/ Fiber routing/ Fiber routing/

air plenum air plenum air plenum

Side view Side view Side view

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The 14-slot shelf cooling system consists of the following components:

• cooling shelf installed at the top of the 14-slot shelf and contains the
following:
— front, rear, or top venting cooling unit kit
— three front, rear, or top cooling fan modules
Each venting option requires different fan modules. Top venting is not
supported for new installations. The packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA),
optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5, converged optical shelf
(NTK503ADE5), converged optical/front electrical shelf (NTK503BDE5),
converged optical/rear electrical shelf (NTK503CDE5), and metro front
electrical shelf (NTK503GA) have an integrated fan housing assembly
which can only support front or rear cooling fan modules.
• front intake air plenum
— integrated with the optical fiber/cable routing channel and located at
bottom of the packet-optical shelf assembly, optical shelf assembly,
converged optical shelf assembly, optical/rear electrical shelf
NTK503CCE5, and converged optical/rear electrical shelf
— separate item for optical/rear shelf assembly NTK503CA (supports a
single or a pair of optical/rear shelf assembly)

The optical/front electrical shelf, converged optical/front electrical shelf,

and metro front electrical shelf assemblies do not require an air plenum as
air is drawn from the bottom of the shelf through the electrical interface
chassis.
For hardware Release 2 optical/rear electrical shelves (NTK503CAE5),
the air plenum is a separate item which is supplied with the shelf (fixed
using two screws). If using these optical/rear electrical shelves in a
stacked configuration, the air plenum must be removed from the upper
optical/rear electrical shelf.

When deploying the optical/rear shelf assembly NTK503CA, one cooling unit
and air plenum can support two optical/rear shelf assemblies.

CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
Shelves that are configured to exclusively exhaust air out
the front may affect the inlet air temperature of nearby
shelves. If front exhaust is required and a 6500 shelf is
equipped in the same rack as one or more other shelves
configured for front exhaust, refer to “Front exhaust
considerations” on page 2-64 for details.

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CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
For any shelf that is configured for rear-only exhaust in a
Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environment,
provide the minimal clearance as specified in the standard
between the back of the shelf and any other shelf, wall or
obstruction.

For PEC information, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

Figure 3-27 on page 3-74 shows the components of the cooling system
(14-slot optical shelf shown).

Figure 3-27
14-slot shelf cooling system (14-slot optical shelf shown)

Cooling
unit

Fiber/cable
routing
channel

Air plenum

The cooling unit contains three fans and draws air from the bottom of the shelf
through an air filter and vents through the front, rear, or top of the shelf
depending on the cooling unit.

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The 14-slot shelf also supports high flow cooling fan modules (NTK507LS,
NTK507MS, NTK507LDE5, and NTK507MDE5) for front and rear venting.
High flow cooling fan modules are required when multiple high performance
circuit packs such as eMOTR, SuperMux, 20G L2SS, 100G OCLD, 100G
WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, 100GE OCI, 100G OCI,
10x10G MUX, 10x10GE MUX, 40G UOCLD, 40G OCLD,
Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G XCIF, 16xFLEX OTN I/F, 40G OCI,
40/43G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI circuit packs are equipped in
a 14-slot shelf. Although power, control and alarm signals are
backwards-compatible with the existing regular flow cooling fan modules, the
high-performance fans provide increased air flow in high flow cooling fan
modules. Also in the high flow cooling fan modules, new louvers close in the
event of a fan failure in order to prevent back-flow of air into the fan module.

High flow cooling fan modules (NTK507LDE5 and NTK507MDE5)

The high flow cooling fan module NTK507LDE5 can be fitted in front venting
cooling shelf (NTK507FA or NTK507FB). The high flow cooling fan module
NTK507MDE5 can be fitted in rear venting cooling shelf (NTK507GA or
NTK507GB). Both high flow cooling fan modules (NTK507LDE5 and
NTK507MDE5) can be fitted in any 14-slot shelf type with an integrated fan
housing (for example, packet-optical shelf NTK503SA), metro front electrical
shelf NTK503GA, optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CCE5, converged
optical shelf NTK503ADE5, converged optical/front electrical shelf
NTK503BDE5, converged optical/rear electrical shelf NTK503CDE5). If high
flow cooling fan modules are equipped in shelves other than converged
shelves, the network element must be running Release 5.0 or higher software
load for inventory support.

High flow cooling fan modules (type 3) (NTK507LS and NTK507MS)

Both high flow cooling fan modules (type 3) (NTK507LS and NTK507MS) can
be only fitted in integrated fan housing of 14-slot packet-optical shelf type
(NTK503SA). The main use of these high flow fans is to provide enhanced
cooling for applications that leverage the 2x50A Power Input Cards. The high
flow cooling fan modules (type 3) (NTK507LS and NTK507MS) cannot be
used in any other 14-slot shelf type. Using high flow cooling fan modules (type
3) (NTK507LS and NTK507MS) requires that the shelf is also equipped with
2x50A Power Input Card (NTK505DS).

For full fan module compatibility, refer to Planning - Ordering Information,

323-1851-151.

Figure 3-28 shows the cooling system components and air flow (shows front
venting option).

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Figure 3-28
Cooling unit components (front venting option)

Fan
modules

Grill/air
deflector

Spring-loaded
pin

The fans operate at variable speeds depending on the cooling required. The
fan speed is controlled by sensors which measure the ambient temperature.
The regular flow fans operate at only two speeds, where the temperature
threshold at which the fans switch from low to high speed is approximately
40oC. In the case of the high flow fans (NTK507LDE5 and NTK507MDE5) and
high flow fans (type 3) (NTK507LS and NTK507MS), the fan speed increases
linearly with ambient temperature, from minimum speed at approximately
30oC to maximum speed at approximately 45oC.

If one or more of the fans fail or is removed, the remaining fans operate at
maximum speed.

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32-slot shelf cooling configurations

The 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly (also referred to as 32-slot shelf)
has two slots integrated near the top of the shelf which must both must be
equipped at all times with cooling fan modules (NTK607AAE5). The 32-slot
shelf cooling system consists of the following components:
• Two cooling fan modules installed at the top of the 32-slot shelf (slots 45
and 46). Each fan module contains four integrated fans that draw air up
through the shelf and exhausts it out. The 32-slot shelf is not shipped with
any exhaust air deflection plates. Therefore, the baseline configuration is
front and rear air exhaust. If front-only air exhaust is required, order
— Air baffle plate (rear panel, front exhaust) (N0194147 or
410-5424-001) for the NTK603AAE5 variant of the 32-slot shelf, or
— Air baffle plate Type 2 (rear panel, front exhaust) (410-5424-001) for
the NTK603AB variant of the 32-slot shelf).
If rear-only air exhaust is required, order
— Air baffle plate (front panel, rear exhaust) (N0194145) for the
NTK603AAE5 variant of the 32-slot shelf, or
— Air baffle plate Type 2 (front panel, rear exhaust) (410-5423-001) for
the NTK603AB variant of the 32-slot shelf).
• front intake air plenum
— integrated with the lower optical fiber/cable routing channels and
located at bottom of the 32-slot packet-optical shelf assembly
— air filter (NTK609EAE6)

The fans operate at variable speeds depending on the cooling required. Fan
speed depends on ambient temperature and altitude.

A fault tolerant fan control circuit ensures that if one of the integrated fans in a
cooling fan module fails, then all the remaining fans in both cooling fan
modules increase in speed to compensate.

CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
Shelves that are configured to exclusively exhaust air out
the front may affect the inlet air temperature of nearby
shelves. If front exhaust is required and a 6500 shelf is
equipped in the same rack as one or more other shelves
configured for front exhaust, refer to “Front exhaust
considerations” on page 2-64 for details.

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CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
For any shelf that is configured for rear-only exhaust in a
Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environment,
provide the minimal clearance as specified in the standard
between the back of the shelf and any other shelf, wall or
obstruction.

For PEC information, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

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7-slot shelf cooling configurations

The 7-slot optical shelf assembly (NTK503PAE5 or NTK503KA) has a slot
integrated into the left side of shelf which must be equipped with a cooling fan
module. Each 7-slot shelf cooling system consists of the following
components:
• one field-replaceable cooling fan module equipped in the shelf (slot 20 on
the NTK503PAE5 shelf and slot 21 on the NTK503KA shelf). Four
integrated fans draw air from right to left through the shelf and exhausts it
out. The shelf air intake is integrated into the cable/fiber management area
on the front-right side of the shelf as well as on the right sidewall of the
shelf. The ETSI and 23-inch bracket and air baffle kits for the 7-slot optical
Type 2 (NTK503KA) shelf include an optional front-only air flow direction
control baffle which is attached to the right side of the shelf. The
NTK503PAE5 variant of the 7-slot only supports exhausting air out the
front and rear of the fan module. The 7-slot optical Type 2 shelf
(NTK503KA variant) supports exhausting air out the front and rear of the
fan module as well as the left side of the shelf. Using an ETSI mounting
bracket and air baffle kit, the 7-slot Type 2 can be configured for front-only
and rear-only exhaust. Using a 23-inch mounting bracket and air baffle kit,
the 7-slot Type 2 can be configured for rear-only exhaust.
• alarm LEDs and Alarm Cut-off (ACO) / Lamp test button
— the Lamp Test function will activate all LEDs in the system if the shelf
processor is present and in a ready state. Note that the SPAP-2
w/2xOSC (NTK555NA) circuit pack does not support Audible Alarm
outputs so the Alarm Cut-off (ACO) feature is not fully supported on
the 7-slot Type 2 (NTK505KA) shelf in this release.
• front/right-side intake air plenum
— integrated with the optical fiber/cable routing channels and located at
front right of the 7-slot shelf
— air filter (NTK509EPE6 for NTK503PAE5 variant and NTK509EK for
NTK503KA variant)
The fans operate at variable speeds depending on the cooling required. Fan
speed is controlled based on ambient temperature. A fault tolerant fan control
circuit ensures that if one of the integrated fans fails, then the remaining fans
increase in speed to compensate.

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In a 7-slot shelf (NTK503PAE5 variant), the access panel NTK505PAE5

contains a temperature sensor that is linked to the cooling fan module via the
backplane. If the access panel is extracted, the fans will operate at high-speed
(but will not activate the "Fail" lamp on the fan module). In a 7-slot Type 2 shelf
(NTK503KA variant), the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC (NTK555NA) circuit pack contains
a temperature sensor that is linked to the cooling fan module via the
backplane. If the SPAP-2 w/2xOSC is extracted, the fans will operate at
high-speed (but will not activate the "Fail" lamp on the fan module).

CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
For any shelf that is configured for rear-only exhaust in a
Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environment,
provide the minimal clearance as specified in the standard
between the back of the shelf and any other shelf, wall or
obstruction.

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6500-7 packet-optical shelf cooling configurations

The 6500-7 packet-optical shelf assembly (NTK503RA) has a slot integrated
into the left side of shelf which must be equipped with a cooling fan module.
Each 7-slot shelf cooling system consists of the following components:
• one field-replaceable cooling fan module equipped in shelf slot 20. Six
integrated fans draw air from right to left through the shelf and exhausts it
out. The shelf air intake is integrated into the cable/fiber management area
on the front-right side of the shelf as well as on the right sidewall of the
shelf. The ETSI and 23-inch bracket and air baffle kits include an optional
front-only air flow direction control baffle which is right side of the shelf. By
default, air is exhausted out the rear of the fan module as well as the left
side of the shelf. The air baffle plate must be removed from the front of fan
for front-exhaust applications. Using an ETSI mounting bracket and air
baffle kit, the shelf can be configured for front-only and rear-only exhaust.
Using a 23-inch mounting bracket and air baffle kit, the shelf can be
configured for rear-only exhaust.
• alarm LEDs and Alarm Cut-off (ACO) / Lamp test button
— the Lamp Test function will activate all LEDs in the system if a shelf
processor is present and in a ready state. Note that the Access Panel
for 6500-7 packet-optical shelf (NTK505JA) does not support Audible
Alarm outputs so the Alarm Cut-off (ACO) feature is not fully supported
in this release.
• front/right-side intake air plenum
— integrated with the optical fiber/cable routing channels and located at
right of the 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
— air filter (NTK509ER)
The fans operate at variable speeds depending on the cooling
required. Fan speed is controlled based on ambient temperature. A
fault tolerant fan control circuit ensures that if one of the integrated fans
fails, then the remaining fans increase in speed to compensate.
In a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf, the access panel NTK505JA contains a
temperature sensor that is linked to the cooling fan module via the backplane.
If the access panel is extracted, the fans will operate at high-speed (but will
not activate the "Fail" lamp on the fan module).

CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
For any shelf that is configured for rear-only exhaust in a
Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environment,
provide the minimal clearance as specified in the standard
between the back of the shelf and any other shelf, wall or
obstruction.

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2-slot shelf cooling configurations

The 2-slot shelf assembly has a field-replaceable cooling unit (NTK507NAE5
or NTK507NA in NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5 variants and only
NTK507NA in NTK503LA variant). The 2-slot shelf cooling system consists of
the following components:
• one cooling fan module equipped in slot 20 on the left side of the shelf.
Three integrated fans draw air from right to left through the shelf and
exhaust it out (when the shelf is installed in a horizontal rack-mounted
position). The air intake is on the right sidewall of the shelf and the exhaust
is on the left sidewall. When the shelf is vertically wall mounted, the airflow
is effectively from top to bottom. Using the 23-inch mounting bracket and
air baffle kit, the 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf (NTK503LA variant) supports
a front-only air intake option with rear-only or front-only exhaust options.
• front/right-side intake air plenum
— integrated with the optical fiber/cable routing channels and located at
right of the 2-slot shelf
— air filter (NTK509ENE6)

The fans operate at variable speeds depending on the cooling required. Fan
speed is controlled based on ambient temperature. A fault tolerant fan control
circuit ensures that if one of the integrated fans fails, then the remaining fans
increase in speed to compensate. For the NTK503LA variant of the 2-slot
shelf, if the SPAP or SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack is extracted, the fans will
operate at high-speed (but will not activate the "Fail" lamp on the fan module).
For PEC information, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

CAUTION
Risk of traffic loss
For any shelf that is configured for rear-only exhaust in a
Telcordia GR-63-CORE (NEBS) operating environment,
provide the minimal clearance as specified in the standard
between the back of the shelf and any other shelf, wall or
obstruction.

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Interface circuit pack descriptions

This section provides an overview of the 6500 interface circuit packs:
• As shown in Figure 3-1 on page 3-7, in a 14-slot shelf type, the interface
circuit packs are located in slots 1-6 and slots 9-14 for POTS (OTN and
PKT), MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic, or converged MSPP/Broadband
services and in slots 1 to 14 for Broadband, Photonic, or converged
Broadband/Photonic services. For POTS (OTN and PKT), MSPP,
converged MSPP/Photonic, or converged MSPP/Broadband services,
slots 7 and 8 must be equipped with cross-connect circuit packs. For
Broadband, Photonic, or converged Broadband/Photonic services, slots 7
and 8 do not need to be equipped with cross-connect circuit packs and can
be used for interface circuit packs.
• As shown in Figure 3-10 on page 3-29, in a 32-slot shelf type, the interface
circuit packs are located in slots 1-8, 11-18, 21-28, and 31-38 for all
services types. For POTS (OTN and PKT), MSPP, converged
MSPP/Photonic, converged MSPP/Broadband, or converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services, slots 9 and 10 must be equipped
with cross-connect circuit packs. For Broadband, Photonic, or converged
Broadband/Photonic services, slots 9 and 10 do not need to be equipped
with cross-connect circuit packs and cannot be used for interface circuit
packs. When slots 9 and 10 are not equipped with cross-connect circuit
packs, it must be equipped with the filler module.
• As shown in Figure 3-12 on page 3-33, in a 7-slot shelf type, the interface
circuit packs are located in slots 1 to 7 for Broadband, Photonic, or
converged Broadband/Photonic services. The 7-slot shelf does not
support cross-connect (XC) or MXC circuit packs and as a result, MSPP,
converged MSPP/Photonic, converged MSPP/Broadband, converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services are not supported in a 7-slot shelf
since MSPP circuit packs require XC or MXC circuit packs to function. The
7-slot shelf does not support OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit
packs.
• As shown in Figure 3-16 on page 3-43, in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf
type, the interface circuit packs are located in slots 1-6 for POTS (OTN and
PKT), or Broadband services and in slots 1 to 8 for Photonic services. For
POTS (OTN and PKT) services, slots 7 and 8 must be equipped with
cross-connect circuit packs. For Broadband, Photonic, or converged
Broadband/Photonic services, slots 7 and 8 do not need to be equipped
with cross-connect circuit packs and can be used for interface circuit
packs.
• As shown in Figure 3-17 on page 3-48 and Figure 3-18 on page 3-48, in a
2-slot shelf type, the interface circuit packs are located in slots 1 and 2 for
Broadband services. The 2-slot shelf does not support cross-connect (XC)
or MXC circuit packs and as a result, MSPP, converged MSPP/Photonic,
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services are not supported in a 2-slot shelf since MSPP circuit packs
require XC or MXC circuit packs to function. Also Photonic and converged
Broadband/Photonic services are not supported in this release. The 2-slot
shelf does not support OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs.

Review the following tables for details on interface circuit packs:

• Table 3-12 on page 3-85 details the interface MSPP circuit packs
densities. This table also indicates the Supported (S) and Not Supported
(NS) circuit packs by shelf type.
• Table 3-13 on page 3-91 details the interface Broadband circuit packs
densities. This table also indicates the Supported (S) and Not Supported
(NS) circuit packs by shelf type.
• Table 3-14 on page 3-108 details the interface Photonic circuit
packs/modules/chassis densities. This table also indicates the Supported
(S) and Not Supported (NS) circuit packs by shelf type.
• Table 3-15 on page 3-111 details the interface PKT I/F circuit packs
densities. This table also indicates the Supported (S) and Not Supported
(NS) circuit packs by shelf type.
• Table 3-16 on page 3-115 details the interface OPS circuit packs
densities.
• Table 3-17 on page 3-116 provides a summary of the functionality
provided by each of the interface circuit packs.
• Table 3-18 on page 3-125 lists the supported interface circuit packs in this
release with reference to their detailed information in circuit pack-based
documents (323-1851-102.x).

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Table 3-12
6500 MSPP interface circuit packs density

Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

MXC 5 2 NS NS NS 10 NS NS NS
(Note 1)

OC-192/ 1 4 or 12 32 NS NS 12 32 NS NS
STM-64 (Note 2, (Note 3)
Note 4)

OC-48/ 2 12 32 NS NS 24 64 NS NS
STM-16 (Note 2) (Note 3)

OC-3/12/ 8 12 32 NS NS 96 256 NS NS
STM-1/4 (Note 2) (Note 3)

OC-n/STM-n 16 12 32 NS NS 192 512 NS NS

5G (Note 5) (Note 2) (Note 3)
STS-1/HO

OC-n/STM-n 16 12 32 NS NS 192 512 NS NS

5G VT1.5/LO (Note 5) (Note 2) (Note 3)

OC-n/STM-n 16 12 32 NS NS 192 512 NS NS

10G (Note 6) (Note 2) (Note 3)
STS-1/HO

OC-n/STM-n 16 12 32 NS NS 192 512 NS NS

10G (Note 6) (Note 2) (Note 3)
VT1.5/LO

(2+8)xOC-n/ 10 4 or 12 32 NS NS 96 (2.5G 256 (2.5G NS NS

STM-n HO (Note 2, (Note 3) ports), or ports), or
20G Note 7) 24 (10G 64 (10G
ports) ports)

(2+8)xOC-n/ 10 4 or 12 32 NS NS 96 (2.5G 256 (2.5G NS NS

STM-n HO (Note 2, (Note 3) ports), or ports), or
OTN 20G Note 7) 24 (10G 64 (10G
ports) ports)

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Table 3-12 (continued)

6500 MSPP interface circuit packs density

Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

(2+8)xOC-n/ 10 4 or 12 32 NS NS 96 (2.5G 256 (2.5G NS NS

STM-n LO (Note 2, (Note 3) ports), or ports), or
20G Note 7, 24 (10G 64 (10G
Note 8) ports) ports)

(2+8)xOC-n/ 10 4 or 12 32 NS NS 96 (2.5G 256 (2.5G NS NS

STM-n LO (Note 2, (Note 3) ports), or ports), or
OTN 20G Note 7, 24 (10G 64 (10G
Note 8) ports) ports)

GE 4 12 32 NS NS 48 128 NS NS
(Note 2) (Note 3)

10GE EPL 1 4 or 12 32 NS NS 4 or 12 32 NS NS
(Note 2, (Note 3) (Note 10)
Note 9)

L2SS 4 12 16 NS NS 48 64 NS NS
(Note 2, (Note 3)
Note 11,
Note 15)

20G L2SS 10 12 16 NS NS 120 160 NS NS

(Note 2, (Note 3)
Note 11)

PDH 4 12 (Note 2, 16 NS NS 48 64 NS NS
gateway Note 11) (Note 3)

RPR 4 12 16 NS NS 48 64 NS NS
(Note 2, (Note 3)
Note 11,
Note 12)

10/100 BT 24 8 or 2 NS NS NS 192 or 48 NS NS NS
(Note 13, (Note 16)
Note 14)

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Table 3-12 (continued)

6500 MSPP interface circuit packs density

Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

10/100BT/ 24 (see 8 or 10 32 NS NS 64, 192, 256 NS NS

8xSFP Note 17) (Note 2, (Note 3) or 112
Note 15, (Note 19)
Note 18)

E1 63 8 (working) NS NS NS 504 NS NS NS
+2
(protection)
(Note 14)

DS3/EC-1 24 8 or 2 NS NS NS 192 or 48 NS NS NS
(working) + (Note 16)
2
(protection)
(Note 13,
Note 14)

DS3/E3 24 8 or 2 NS NS NS 192 or 48 NS NS NS
(working) + (Note 16)
2
(protection)
(Note 13,
Note 14)

STM-1e 16 8 (working) NS NS NS 128 NS NS NS

+2
(protection)
(Note 14)

DS1 84 per Support for Support NS NS 1680 1680 NS NS

DSM 20 DSMs for 20
per shelf DSMs per
shelf

Trans Mux 0 8 NS NS NS N/A NS NS NS

(Note 20) (Note 21)

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Table 3-12 (continued)

6500 MSPP interface circuit packs density

Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

40G XCIF 0 6 or 4 16 or 8 NS NS 0 0 NS NS
(Note 22) (Note 2, (Note 3, (Note 22) (Note 22)
Note 23, Note 24,
Note 24, Note 26)
Note 25)

Note 1: Not supported in 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA).

Note 2: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf is
equipped with 240G+ STS-1/VC-3 (NTK557EAE5) or 240G+/80G VT1.5/VC12 (NTK557GAE5) cross-connect
circuit packs.
Note 3: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 640G+
STS-1/VC-3 (NTK610BBE5) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 4: 12 OC-192/STM-64 circuit packs in a 14-slot shelf is only supported if the shelf is equipped with a 160G+
or higher capacity cross-connect circuit pack (excluding PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs).
Note 5: In this circuit pack, the maximum port density per circuit pack for OC-3/STM-1 facility type is 16 and for
OC-12/STM-4 facility type is eight where OC-12/STM-4 ports can be only equipped in odd ports (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11,
13, and 15). The OC-n/STM-n 5G optical interface circuit pack also supports electrical STM-1e interfaces in this
release. However STM-1e SFPs can only be inserted in ports 3 to 14, therefore excluding ports 1, 2, 15, 16 (which
can still be equipped with optical SFPs). When an STM-1e is inserted, the adjacent ports, (i.e. the port above and
the port below) must be empty. As a result, the maximum number of STM-1e pluggable SFPs that can be inserted
at the same time is six.
Note 6: In this circuit pack, the maximum port density per circuit pack for OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4 facility
type is 16 and for OC-48/STM-16 facility type is four. The OC-n/STM-n 10G optical interface circuit pack also
supports electrical STM-1e interfaces in this release. However STM-1e SFPs can only be inserted in ports 3 to
14, therefore excluding ports 1, 2, 15, 16 (which can still be equipped with optical SFPs). When an STM-1e is
inserted, the adjacent ports, (i.e. the port above and the port below) must be empty. As a result, the maximum
number of STM-1e SFPs that can be inserted at the same time is 6.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 7: 12 (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n circuit packs in a 14-slot shelf is only supported if the shelf is equipped with a
160G+ or higher capacity cross-connect circuit pack (excluding PKT/OTN cross-connect circuit packs).
Note 8: VT1.5/LO connections in (2+8)xOC-n/STM-n LO circuit packs can only be provisioned if the shelf is
equipped with cross-connect circuit packs capable of supporting VT1.5/VC12 switching granularity.
Note 9: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum number and density of this type of circuit pack is
– four when using 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0),
– 12 when using a 160G+ or higher capacity cross-connect circuit pack (excluding PKT/OTN cross-connect
circuit packs), or
– 12 when using 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0) while only 5G of bandwidth is
required.
Note 10: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum port density per shelf for this type of circuit pack is
– four when using 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0),
– 12 when using a 160G+ or higher capacity cross-connect circuit pack (excluding PKT/OTN cross-connect
circuit packs), or
– 12 when using 80G cross-connect circuit packs (80/20, 80/80, and 80/0) while only 5G of bandwidth is
required.
Note 11: If you are using SP variants of shelf processor (NTK555AA and NTK555ABE5), a maximum of six
unprotected L2 circuit packs in total (L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH gateway, and RPR circuit packs) can be installed in
a single 14-slot shelf. In this case, a maximum of ten 1+1 protected L2SS, 20G L2SS, or PDH gateway circuit
packs in total (five pairs) can be installed in a single 14-slot shelf. If you are using SP-2 variants of shelf processor
(NTK555CAE5, NTK555EAE5, and NTK555FAE5), there are no restrictions and a maximum of 12 unprotected
L2 circuit packs in total (L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH gateway, and RPR circuit packs) can be installed in a single 14-slot
shelf. In this case, a maximum of 12 1+1 protected L2SS, 20G L2SS, or PDH gateway circuit packs in total (six
pairs) can be installed in a single 14-slot shelf. For 32-slot shelf types, a maximum of 16 unprotected L2 circuit
packs in total (L2SS, 20G L2SS, PDH gateway, and RPR circuit packs) can be installed in a single 32-slot shelf.
In this case, a maximum of 16 1+1 protected L2SS, 20G L2SS, or PDH gateway circuit packs in total (eight pairs)
can be installed in a single 32-slot shelf.
Note 12: If you are using SP variants of shelf processor (NTK555AA and NTK555ABE5), a maximum of six RPR
circuit packs and two low order 10G OCn/STMn circuit packs can be installed in a single 14-slot shelf. If you are
using SP-2 variants of shelf processor (NTK555CAE5, NTK555EAE5, and NTK555FAE5), there are no
restrictions.
Note 13: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum number of this type of circuit pack is eight for electrical shelves other
than 14-slot metro front electrical shelf and two for 14-slot metro front electrical shelf.
Note 14: This circuit pack is not supported in 14-slot optical, converged/optical, and packet-optical shelf types.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
density/ per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 15: In a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA), VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 traffic on this circuit pack
requires the use of X-Conn 240G+ 80G VT1.5/VC-12 circuit pack (240/80) (NTK557GS) circuit packs.
Note 16: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum port density per shelf for this type of circuit pack is 192 for electrical
shelves other than 14-slot metro front electrical shelf and 48 for 14-slot metro front electrical shelf.
Note 17: Eight of the 24 ports can be selected as 100Base using front access SFPs.
Note 18: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum number of this type of circuit pack is eight for shelves other than 14-slot
metro front electrical shelf and 10 for 14-slot metro front electrical shelf.
Note 19: In a 14-slot shelf, the maximum port density per shelf for this type of circuit pack is 64 for optical shelves,
192 for electrical shelves other than 14-slot metro front electrical shelf and 112 for 14-slot metro front electrical
shelf.
Note 20: The Trans Mux interfaces (OCn, DS-1, DS-3, E1, and E3) are on other circuit packs via STS1 and VT1.5
cross-connects.
Note 21: TMUX circuit pack is not supported on a 14-slot packet-optical shelf (NTK503SA) since it requires the
use of X-CONN 80G/80G VT-1.5/VC-12 (80/80) (NTK557NAE5), X-CONN 80G/20G VT-1.5/VC-12 (80/20)
(NTK557PAE5), X-CONN 20G/20G VT-1.5/VC-12 (20/20) (NTK557QAE5), or MXC 20G/20G VT1.5/VC-12 5xSFP
(NTK557TBE5) circuit packs that are not supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf.
Note 22: This circuit pack does not have physical ports but it has a virtual OTM3 port 100, four virtual
OC-192/STM-64 ports (ports 101-104) and four virtual OTM2 ports (ports 101-104) provisioned by software
internally on the circuit pack.
Note 23: In a 14-slot shelf, the 40G XCIF circuit pack is only supported in slots 6 and 10 if the shelf is equipped
with X-CONN 160G+ STS-1/VC-3 (160/0) circuit packs (NTK557BA).
Note 24: This circuit pack must be always paired with a 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or 40G
UOCLD circuit pack.
Note 25: The maximum number of 40G XCIF circuit packs per 14-slot shelf is six when the 40G XCIF circuit packs
are mated with 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs. The maximum number of 40G XCIF
circuit packs per 14-slot shelf is four when the 40G XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G UOCLD circuit packs.
Note 26: The maximum number of 40G XCIF circuit packs per 32-slot shelf is 16 when the 40G XCIF circuit packs
are mated with 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs. The maximum number of 40G XCIF
circuit packs per 32-slot shelf is eight when the 40G XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G UOCLD circuit packs.
Note 27: S=Supported, NS= Not Supported, N/A= Not Applicable

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

10G OC-192/ 2 14 32 7 for 2 28 64 14 4

STM-64 WT (Note 1) 7-slot (Note 38) (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 14 clients) 32 7 clients) 2 clients)
clients) for 7-slot (Note 38)
and
shelf
6 for
6500-7 and
packet- 12
optical (6 lines,
shelf 6 clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

10GEL WT 2 14 32 7 for 2 28 64 14 4
(Note 1) 7-slot (Note 38) (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 14 clients) 32 7 clients) 2 clients)
clients) for 7-slot (Note 38)
and
shelf
6 for
6500-7 and
packet- 12
optical (6 lines,
shelf 6 clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

10G OTU2 2 14 32 7 for 2 28 64 14 4

WT (Note 1) 7-slot (Note 38) (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 14 clients) 32 7 clients) 2 clients)
clients) for 7-slot (Note 38)
and
shelf
6 for
6500-7 and
packet- 12
optical (6 lines,
shelf 6 clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

10G OTR 2 14 32 7 for NS 28 64 14 NS

(Note 1) 7-slot (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines,
shelf 14 clients) 32 7 clients)
and clients) for 7-slot
shelf
6 for
6500-7 and
packet- 12
optical (6 lines,
shelf 6 clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

2x10G OTR 4 14 32 7 for 2 28 pairs 64 pairs 14 pairs 4 pairs

(Note 2) 7-slot (Note 5) for 7-slot
shelf shelf
and and
6 for 12
6500-7 pairs for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
shelf

pairs refer to pairs of "line and client" or

"line and line" combination

4x10G OTR 8 14 32 7 for 2 56 pairs 128 pairs 28 pairs 8 pairs

(Note 3, 7-slot for 7-slot
Note 4) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 24
6500-7 pairs for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
shelf

pairs refer to pairs of "line and client" or

"line and line" combination

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

2.5G MOTR 5 14 32 7 for 2 70 160 35 10

(Note 6) 7-slot (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 56 clients) 128 28 8 clients)
clients) clients)
and
for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 30
shelf (6 lines,
24
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf
10G OTSC 2 14 32 7 for 2 28 64 14 4
(Note 7) 7-slot (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 14 clients) 32 7 clients) 2 clients)
and clients) for 7-slot
shelf
6 for
6500-7 and
packet- 12
optical (6 lines,
shelf 6 clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

SuperMux 11 14 32 7 for NS 154 352 77 NS

with (Note 8) 7-slot (14 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines,
integrated shelf 140 clients) 320 70
DWDM clients) clients)
and
for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 66
shelf (6 lines,
60
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf
SuperMux 11 12 32 7 for 2 132 352 77 22
with XFP (Note 8) 7-slot (12 lines, (32 lines, (7 lines, (2 lines,
shelf 120 clients) 320 70 20
clients) clients) clients)
and
for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 66
shelf (6 lines,
60
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

40G OCLD 1 14 32 7 for 2 14 lines 32 lines 7 lines 2 lines

(Note 9) (Note 36) (Note 36) 7-slot (Note 37, for 7-slot
shelf Note 39) shelf
and and
6 for 6 lines
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
(Note 36) shelf

Wavelength- 1 14 32 7 for NS 14 lines 32 lines 7 lines NS

selective (Note (Note 36) (Note 36) 7-slot for 7-slot
40G OCLD 10) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 6 lines
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
(Note 36) shelf

40G OCI 1 14 32 7 for NS 14 clients 32 clients 7 clients NS

(Note (Note 40) (Note 40) 7-slot for 7-slot
11) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 6 clients
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
(Note 40) shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

40/43G OCI 1 14 32 7 for NS 14 clients 32 clients 7 clients NS

(Note (Note 40) (Note 40) 7-slot for 7-slot
12) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 6 clients
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
(Note 40) shelf

40G+ CFP 1 14 32 7 for 2 14 clients 32 clients 7 clients 2 clients

OCI (Note (Note 40) (Note 40) 7-slot (Note 37, for 7-slot
13) shelf Note 39) shelf
and and
6 for 6 clients
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
(Note 40) shelf

40G MUX 4 14 32 7 for 2 56 clients 128 28 8 clients

OCI (Note (Note 41) (Note 41) 7-slot (Note 37, clients clients
14) shelf Note 39) for 7-slot
and shelf

6 for and
6500-7 24
packet- clients
optical for
shelf 6500-7
(Note 41) packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

40G UOCLD 1 4 8 or 16 2 NS 4 lines 8 or 16 2 lines NS

(Note (Note 18) (Note 18) (Note 18) (Note 18) lines (Note
15) (Note 18) 18)

OSIC 1 14 32 7 for NS 14 lines 32 lines 7 lines NS

(Note 7-slot for 7-slot
16) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 6 lines
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
shelf

ISS C-Band 1 14 32 7 for NS 14 lines 32 lines 7 lines NS

(Note 7-slot for 7-slot
17) shelf shelf
and and
6 for 6 lines
6500-7 for
packet- 6500-7
optical packet-
shelf optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

100G OCLD 1 • For 14-slot shelf types, refer to “100G OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, and Flex2
(Note WaveLogic 3 OCLD allowable slots (14-slot shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
19) SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.

100G 1 • For 32-slot shelf types, refer to “100G OCLD, 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, and Flex2
WaveLogic 3 (Note WaveLogic 3 OCLD allowable slots (32-slot shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and
OCLD 20) SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.
• For 7-slotf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf types, refer to “100G OCLD, 100G
Flex2 1 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, and Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD allowable slots (7-slot shelf and
WaveLogic 3 (Note 6500-7 packet-optical shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
OCLD 21) 1851-323-102.4
• Not supported in 2-slot shelf types.

10x10GE 10 • For 14-slot shelf types, refer to “, 10x10GE MUX and 10x10G MUX allowable slots
MUX (Note (14-slot shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
22) 1851-323-102.4.

10x10G 10 • For 32-slot shelf types, refer to “, 10x10GE MUX and 10x10G MUX allowable slots
MUX (Note (32-slot shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs,
23) 1851-323-102.4.
• For 7-slotf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf types, refer to “, 10x10GE MUX and 10x10G
MUX allowable slots (7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf)” table in 40G, 100G,
OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.
• Not supported in 2-slot shelf types.

100GE OCI 1 • For 14-slot shelf types, refer to “100GE OCI and 100G OCI allowable slots (14-slot
(Note shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.
24) • For 32-slot shelf types, refer to “100GE OCI and 100G OCI allowable slots (32-slot
100G OCI 1 shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.
(Note • For 7-slotf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf types, refer to “100GE OCI and 100G OCI
25) allowable slots (7-slot shelf and 6500-7 packet-optical shelf)” table in 40G, 100G, OSIC,
ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4.
• Not supported in 2-slot shelf types.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

L2 MOTR 12 14 32 7 for 2 168 384 84 24

(Note 7-slot (28 lines, (64 lines, (14 lines, (4 lines,
26) shelf 140 320 70 20
and clients) clients) clients) clients)
for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 72
shelf (12 lines,
60
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

eMOTR 12 14 32 7 for 2 168 384 84 24

(NTK536AA (Note (Note 28) 7-slot (56 lines, (128 (28 lines,
and 27) shelf 112 lines, 56
NTK536AB and clients) 256 clients)
variants) clients) for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 72
shelf (24 lines,
48
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

eMOTR 44 7 16 3 1 308 704 132 44

(NTK536FA (Note (Note 28, (Note 42) (Note 42) (28 lines, (64 lines, (12 lines,
and 27) Note 42) 280 640 120
NTK536FB clients) clients) clients)
variants)

FLEX MOTR 10 14 32 7 for 2 140 320 70 20

(Note 7-slot (28 lines, (64 lines, (14 lines, (4 lines,
29) shelf 112 256 56 16
and clients) clients) clients) clients)
for 7-slot
6 for shelf
6500-7
packet- and
optical 60
shelf (12 lines,
48
clients)
for
6500-7
packet-
optical
shelf

8xOTN Flex 8 14 32 7 for 2 112 256 56 for 16

MOTR (Note 7-slot (Note 31) (Note 32) 7-slot (Note
30) shelf shelf 34)
and and
6 for 48 for
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf
(Note
33)

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

(1+8)xOTN 9 14 32 7 for 2 OTM2 line: OTM2 line: OTM2 OTM2

Flex MOTR (Note 7-slot 112 256 line: 56 line: 16
35) shelf (Note 31) (Note 32) for 7-slot (Note
and shelf and 34)
48 for
6 for 6500-7
6500-7 packet-
packet- optical
optical shelf
shelf
(Note
33)

Note 1: On the 10G OC-192/STM-64 WT, 10GEL WT, 10G OTU2 WT, and 10G OTR circuit packs, port 1 is the
line interface (10.7G or 11.09G) and port 2 is the client interface (OC192/STM64, ETH10G, or OTM2).
Note 2: On the 2x10G OTR circuit packs, port 1 and port 3 can only be OTM2 line ports (10.7G, 11.05G or
11.09G), while port 2 and port 4 can either be client (FC800, FC1200, 5G IBM PSIFB, OC192/STM64, ETH10G,
or OTM2 (10.7G, 11.05G or 11.09G)) or OTM2 (10.7G, 11.05G or 11.09G) line ports. Port 1 is connected to port
2 and Port 3 is connected to port 4. In hairpin configurations (NTK530PGE5 and NTK530PME5 variants), OC192
and ETH10G facilities can be provisioned on ports 1 and 3.
Note 3: On the NTK530QA variant of the 4x10G OTR circuit pack, ports 5 to 8 can only be OTM2 (10.7G or
11.09G) line ports if the Equipment Mode is OTR, or 10GE (10.31G) line ports if the Equipment Mode is ULL. Ports
1 to 4 can only be client ports (FC400, FC800, FC1200, 5G IBM PSIFB, ISC3, OC192/STM64, or ETH10G).

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 4: On the NTK530QM variant of the 4x10G OTR circuit pack,

— ports 5 to 8 can only be line ports: OTM2 (10.7G or 11.09G). It can also be OC192/STM64 (9.95G) or 10GE
(10.31G) for hairpin connections if the Equipment Mode is OTR. If the Equipment Mode is ULL, it can only be
10GE (10.31G).
— ports 1 to 4 can either be
– client ports: FC800, FC1200, OC192/STM64, ETH10G
or
– line ports: line ports: OTM2 (10.7G or 11.09G) if the Equipment Mode is OTR. If the Equipment Mode is
ULL, it can only be 10GE (10.31G).
Note 5: NTK530PAE5 variant of 2x10G OTR circuit packs is not supported in NTK503MAE5 and NTK503NAE5
variants of 2-slot shelf types. When NTK530PAE5 circuit pack is equipped in NTK503LA 2-slot shelf type, the shelf
must be equipped with SPAP-2 w/2xOSC.
Note 6: On the 2.5G MOTR circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM2 line interface (10.7G) and ports 2 to 5 are the client
interfaces (OC48/STM16 in NTK530NAE5 variant and OC48/STM16 and OTM1 in NTK530NCE5 variant).
Note 7: On the 10G OTSC circuit packs, port 1 is the line interface (10.7G, 11.05G, 11.09G, or 11.27G) and port
2 is the client interface (OC192/STM64, ETH10G, OTM2 (at 10.7, 11.05, or 11.09), or FC1200).
Note 8: On the SuperMux circuit packs, port 1 is the line interface (10.7G) and ports 2 to 11 are the client interface
(OC48/STM16, OC12/STM4, OC3/STM1, GE/FE/FC100/FC200/FC400).
Note 9: On the 40G OCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM3 line interface (40G) when 40G OCLD is in Broadband
mode and PTP line interface when in Packet-Optical Transport System (P-OTS). There are no client ports on the
40G OCLD circuit packs.
Note 10: On the Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM3 line interface (40G) when
Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD is in Broadband mode and PTP line interface when in OTN switching mode
(POTS). There are no client ports on the 40G OCLD circuit packs.

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6500 Broadband interface circuit packs density

Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 11: On the 40G OCI circuit packs, port 1 is the fixed OC768/STM256 client interface (40G). There are no
line ports on the 40G OCI circuit packs. A virtual OTM3 port 1 is also provisioned by software internally on the
circuit pack. This is a mapping port used to demarcate the ODU3 layer but does not have a physical connection.
Note 12: On the 40/43G OCI circuit packs, port 1 is the fixed OC768/STM256/OTM3 client interface (40/43G).
There are no line ports on the 40/43G OCI circuit packs. A virtual OTM3 port 1 is also provisioned by software
internally on the circuit pack. This is a mapping port used to demarcate the ODU3 layer but does not have a
physical connection.
Note 13: On the 40G+ CFP OCI circuit packs, port 1 is the pluggable OC768/STM256/OTM3/ETH40G CFP client
interface (40G+). There are no line ports on the 40G+ CFP OCI circuit packs. A virtual OTM3 port 1 is also
provisioned by software internally on the circuit pack. This is a mapping port used to demarcate the ODU3 layer
but does not have a physical connection.
Note 14: On the 40G MUX OCI circuit packs, port 1 to 4 are the client interfaces (FC800, FC1200, OC192/STM64,
ETH10G, or OTM2 (at 10.7, 11.05, or 11.09)). There are no line ports on 40G MUX OCI circuit packs. A virtual
OTM3 port 100 is also provisioned by software internally on the circuit pack. This is a mux/mapping port used to
demarcate the ODU3 layer but does not have a physical connection.
Note 15: On the 40G UOCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM3 line interface (40G). There are no client ports on
the 40G UOCLD circuit packs.
Note 16: On the OSIC circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM2 line interface. There are no client ports on the OSIC circuit
packs.
Note 17: On the ISS C-Band circuit packs, port 4 is the OTM2 supervisory interface.
Note 18: Refer to 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, and SLIC10 Circuit Packs, 1851-323-102.4 to find out how many
40G UOCLD muxponder, transponder, or regen groups are allowed in each 6500 shelf type.
Note 19: On the 100G OCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM4 line interface (100G). There are no client ports on
the 100G OCLD circuit packs.
Note 20: On the 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM4 line interface (100G). There are no
client ports on the 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs.
Note 21: On the Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM4 line interface. There are no client
ports on the Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs.
Note 22: On the 10x10GE MUX circuit packs, port 1 to 10 are the client interfaces (ETH10G). There are no line
ports on 10x10GE MUX circuit packs. A virtual OTM4 port 100 is also provisioned by software internally on the
circuit pack. This is a mux/mapping port used to demarcate the ODU4 layer but does not have a physical
connection.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 23: On the 10x10G MUX circuit packs, port 1 to 10 are the client interfaces (FC800, FC1200,
OC-192/STM-64, ETH10G, or OTM2 (10.7G, 11.05G, 11.09G)). There are no line ports on 10x10G MUX circuit
packs. A virtual OTM4 port 100 is also provisioned by software internally on the circuit pack. This is a mux/mapping
port used to demarcate the ODU4 layer but does not have a physical connection.
Note 24: On the 100GE OCI circuit packs, port 1 is the client interface (ETH100G). There are no line ports on
100GE OCI circuit packs. A virtual OTM4 port 1 is also provisioned by software internally on the circuit pack. This
is a mapping port used to demarcate the ODU4 layer but does not have a physical connection.
Note 25: On the 100G OCI circuit packs, port 1 is the OTM4 client interface (ETH100G or OTM4). There are no
line ports on the 100G OCI circuit packs. A virtual OTM4 port 1 is also provisioned by software internally on the
circuit pack. This is a mapping port used to demarcate the ODU4 layer but does not have a physical connection.
Note 26: On the L2 MOTR circuit packs, port 1 and 2 are the line interface ports (10GE LAN, or OTM2 (at 10.7G,
11.05G or 11.09G)) or client interface ports (10GE LAN) and ports 3 to 12 are the client interface ports (GE/FE).
Note 27: On the eMOTR circuit packs, ports 9 to 12 are the 10GE LAN/OTU2 (10.7G)/OTU2e (11.09G) XFP ports,
and ports 1 to 8 are the 10GE SFP+ and GE SFP ports. Ports 21 to 36 and 41 to 56 on the NTK536FA or
NTK536FB variant are the GE SFP ports.
Note 28: The eMOTR circuit pack is only supported in 14-slot converged shelf types (NTK503ADE5,
NTK503BDE5, and NTK503CDE5) and 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA).
Note 29: On the FLEX MOTR circuit packs, port 1 and 2 are the line interface ports (10GE LAN, or OTM2 (at
10.7G, 11.05G or 11.09G)) and ports 3 to 10 are the client interface ports (FLEX).
Note 30: The 8xOTN Flex MOTR circuit packs support up to four OTM1 line ports (ports 1 to 4) and the FLEX
client facilities can be provisioned on any ports (ports 1 to 8). It is recommended to provision OTM1 line facilities
sequentially starting from port 1 up to port 4 and provision FLEX client facilities sequentially starting from port 8
down to port 1 to ensure you do not run into a situation where a new line port is required but a client facility has
been provisioned in its place.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 31: For 14-slot shelf type, the 112 ports can be (0 OTU1 lines and 112 clients), (14 OTU1 lines and 98
clients), (28 OTU1 lines and 84 clients), (42 OTU1 lines and 70 clients), or (56 OTU1 lines and 56 clients).
Note 32: For 32-slot shelf type, the 256 ports can be (0 OTU1 lines and 256 clients), (32 OTU1 lines and 224
clients), (64 OTU1 lines and 192 clients), (96 OTU1 lines and 160 clients), or (128 OTU1 lines and 128 clients).
Note 33: For 7-slot shelf type, the 56 ports can be (0 OTU1 lines and 56 clients), (7 OTU1 lines and 49 clients),
(14 OTU1 lines and 42 clients), (21 OTU1 lines and 35 clients), or (28 OTU1 lines and 28 clients). For 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type, the 48 ports can be (0 OTU1 lines and 48 clients), (6 OTU1 lines and 42 clients), (12
OTU1 lines and 36 clients), (18 OTU1 lines and 30 clients), or (24 lines and 24 clients).
Note 34: For 2-slot shelf type, the 16 ports can be (0 OTU1 lines and 16 clients), (2 OTU1 lines and 14 clients),
(4 OTU1 lines and 12 clients), (6 OTU1 lines and 10 clients), or (8 OTU1 lines and 8 clients).
Note 35: The (1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit packs support up to four OTM1 line ports (ports 2 to 9 where
ODU1-mapped client can be provisioned in any port of the client port pairs; 2&3, 4&5, 6&7, and 8&9). The
(1+8)xOTN Flex MOTR circuit packs support one OTM2 line port (port 1). The ODUFLEX-mapped client can be
provisioned in any one of a group of four client ports (2 to 5 and 6 to 9). Once a client port in the port group is
provisioned, the remaining ports in that group cannot be provisioned for any other service.
Note 36: Although you can put up to six 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in each
6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, up to fourteen 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in
each 14-slot shelf type, up to thirty-two 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in each
32-slot shelf type, or up to seven 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in each 7-slot shelf
type, you need to use two 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs in each pair for
regenerator applications, therefore the real number of useful 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD
circuit packs is three (not six) in each 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, seven (not 14) in each 14-slot shelf type,
16 (not 32) in each 32-slot shelf type, or three (not seven) in each 7-slot shelf type. You can also use a pair of 40G
OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD and 40G UOCLD circuit packs for regenerator applications and since
40G UOCLD circuit pack is a double-slot circuit pack, the maximum number of 40G OCLD or
Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit packs is two when paired with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type, four when paired with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 14-slot shelf type, 10 when paired
with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 32-slot shelf type, or two when paired with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 7-slot
shelf type.

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Circuit pack Port Maximum circuit packs/ Maximum port density per shelf
density/ modules/chassis per shelf
circuit
pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 37: This circuit pack is only supported in NTK503LA variant of 2-slot shelf type.
Note 38: This circuit pack is only supported on the NTK503LA variant of the 2-slot shelf type when equipped with
an SPAP-2 w/2xOSC circuit pack.
Note 39: Although you can put up to two 40G OCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5 variant)
circuit packs in each 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf type, you need to pair a 40G OCLD with a 40G+ CFP OCI (OTR
applications) or with a 40G MUX OCI (MOTR applications), therefore the real number of useful 40G OCLD, 40G+
CFP OCI, or 40G MUX OCI circuit packs is one in each 2-slot optical Type 2 shelf type (not 2).
Note 40: Although you can put up to six 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit packs in each 6500-7
packet-optical shelf type, up to fourteen 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit packs in each 14-slot
shelf type, up to thirty-two 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit packs in each 32-slot shelf type, or up
to seven 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit packs in each 7-slot shelf type, you need to pair each
40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit pack with a 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, or
40G+ CFP OCI, circuit pack, therefore the real number of useful 40G OCI, 40G+ CFP OCI, or 40/43G OCI circuit
packs is three in each 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, seven in each 14-slot shelf type, 16 in each 32-slot shelf
type, or three in each 7-slot shelf type (or even less if mated with 40G UOCLDs).
Note 41: Although you can put up to six 40G MUX OCI circuit packs in each 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, up
to fourteen 40G MUX OCI circuit packs in each 14-slot shelf type, up to thirty-two 40G MUX OCI circuit packs in
each 32-slot shelf type, or up to seven 40G MUX OCI circuit packs in each 7-slot shelf type, you need to pair each
40G MUX OCI circuit pack with a 40G OCLD or Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD circuit pack, therefore the real
number of useful 40G MUX OCI circuit packs is three (not six) in each 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, seven (not
14) in each 14-slot shelf type, 16 (not 32) in each 32-slot shelf type, or three (not seven) in each 7-slot shelf type.
You can also use a pair of 40G MUX OCI and 40G UOCLD circuit packs and since 40G UOCLD circuit pack is a
double-slot circuit pack, the maximum number of 40G MUX OCI circuit packs is two when paired with 40G UOCLD
circuit packs in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, four when paired with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 14-slot
shelf type, 10 when paired with 40G UOCLD circuit packs in a 32-slot shelf type, or two when paired with 40G
UOCLD circuit packs in a 7-slot shelf type.
Note 42: This circuit pack is a double-slot circuit pack and therefore not supported in
— slots 6, 8, and 14 of 14-slot converged shelf types.
— slots 6, 7, 8, and 14 of 14-slot packet-optical shelf type.
— slots 8, 18, 28, and 38 of 32-slot shelf types.
— slot 6 of 7-slot shelf types.
— slots 6, 7, and 8 of 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type.
Note 43: S=Supported, NS= Not Supported, N/A= Not Applicable

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6500 Photonic interface circuit packs/modules/chassis density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
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packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Photonic N/A S S Supported S S S Supported S

circuit packs: (Note 1, (Note 2, (Note 3) (Note 5) (Note 1, (Note 2, (Note 3) (Note
• 2-Port OPM Note 3) Note 3, Note 3) Note 3, 5)
Note 4) Note 4)
• WSS
• LIM
(C-Band
and
L-Band)
• SLA
• FGA
• MLA
(C-Band
and
L-Band)
• MLA2
• MLA2
w/VOA
• MLA3
• OSC
• SCMD4
• SLIC10
• SLIC10
Flex

• SMD 50 N/A S S NS NS S S NS NS
GHz 8x1
• CCMD12

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6500 Photonic interface circuit packs/modules/chassis density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Photonic N/A S S S NS S S S NS
circuit packs:
• SRA
• XLA
• SAM
• ESAM

Photonic N/A S S S S S S S S
modules/
chassis:
• OMX
• CMD44
• Enhanced
CMD44
• DSCM
• BMD2
• UBMD2
• MBMD2
• OMD4
• OMDF4
• OMDF8
• BS1, BS2,
BS3, BS5
• OSCF
• 2150
chassis
• 2110 shelf
• PPC6
• 2110 DCM

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6500 Photonic interface circuit packs/modules/chassis density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

• OSC Filter N/A S S S NS S S S NS

(1516.9
nm)

Note 1: A maximum of eight of the following Photonic circuit packs in total can be installed in a single 14-slot shelf
as long as the total of number of equipped slots does not exceed 14:
WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5), WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5), WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1
(NTK553FAE5), WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 2x1 (NTK553KCE5), MLA2 (NTK552FAE5), LIM C-Band (NTK552DAE5).
However if you want to use more than eight of these circuit packs, you must contact your Ciena representative.
Note 2: Due to faceplate dimensions, the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit pack cannot
be equipped in slots 7/8 or 27/28 of 32-slot shelf type:
—WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 01, 02 and 03
—WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 01 and 02
You must use the following releases of the double-slot 100 GHz WSS circuit pack:
—WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 5x1 (NTK553EAE5): releases 04 and above
—WSS 100 GHz w/OPM 2x1(NTK553JAE5): releases 03 and above
Note 3: A maximum of four 2-Port OPM circuit packs (NTK553PAE5 can be provisioned in a 6500-7 packet-optical,
7-slot, 14-slot, or 32-slot shelf at the same time.
Note 4: A maximum of four triple-slot WSS 50 GHz w/OPM 9x1 circuit packs (NTK553FAE5) can be provisioned
in the 32-slot shelf and only one in any of the following slot groups; 1-6, 11-16, 21-26, and 31-36.
Note 5: Only SLA, FGA, MLA (C-Band and L-Band), MLA2, MLA2 w/VOA, MLA3, LIM (C-Band and L-Band), and
SCMD4 circuit packs are supported on the NTK503LA variant of the 2-slot shelf when equipped with an SPAP-2
w/2xOSC circuit pack.
Note 6: S=Supported, NS= Not Supported, N/A= Not Applicable

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Table 3-15
6500 OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

40G OTN 0 6 or 4 16 or 8 NS for NS 0 0 NS for NS

XCIF (Note 1) (Note 3, (Note 5 7-slot (Note 1) (Note 1) 7-slot
Note 8, Note 8, shelf shelf
Note 10) Note 11) and and
2 or 3 for 0 for
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf
(Note 7, (Note 1)
Note 8,
Note 12)

100G 0 6 or 4 16 or 8 NS for NS 0 0 NS for NS

PKT/OTN (Note 2) (Note 4, (Note 6 7-slot (Note 2) (Note 2) 7-slot
XCIF Note 9, Note 9, shelf shelf
Note 13) Note 14) and and
2 or 3 for 0 for
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf
(Note 7, (Note 2)
Note 9,
Note 15)

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6500 OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

16xFLEX 16 12 32 NS for NS 192 512 NS for NS

OTN I/F (Note 3) (Note 5) 7-slot 7-slot
shelf shelf
and and
6 for 96 for
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf
(Note 7)

10x10G 10 12 (Note 4) 32 NS for NS 120 320 NS for NS

PKT/OTN I/F (Note 6) 7-slot 7-slot
shelf shelf
and and
6 for 60 for
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf
(Note 7)

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6500 OTN I/F, PKT I/F and PKT/OTN I/F interface circuit packs density

Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 1: This circuit pack does not have physical ports but it has a virtual FTP port 100 and four virtual FTP ports
(ports 101-104) provisioned by software internally on the circuit pack.
Note 2: This circuit pack does not have physical ports but it has a virtual FTP port 100 provisioned by software
internally on the circuit pack.
Note 3: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf is
equipped with 600G PKT/OTN (NTK615AA) or 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 4: This circuit pack is supported in a 14-slot packet-optical shelf type (NTK503SA) only when the shelf is
equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 5: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 1600G PKT/OTN
(NTK616AA) or 3200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK616BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 6: This circuit pack is supported in a 32-slot shelf type only when the shelf is equipped with 3200G PKT/OTN
Type 2 (NTK616BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 7: This circuit pack is supported in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type (NTK503RA) only when the shelf is
equipped with 1200G PKT/OTN Type 2 (NTK615BA) cross-connect circuit packs.
Note 8: This circuit pack must be always paired with a 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G
UOCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5), or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5) circuit pack.
Note 9: This circuit pack must be always paired with a 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD, or
100G OCI circuit pack.
Note 10: The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs per 14-slot shelf is six when the 40G OTN XCIF
circuit packs are mated with 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5), or
40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5) circuit packs. The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs per 14-slot
shelf is four when the 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G UOCLD circuit packs.

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Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

Note 11: The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs per 32-slot shelf is 16 when the 40G OTN XCIF
circuit packs are mated with 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI (NTK529SJE5), or
40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5) circuit packs. The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs per 32-slot
shelf is four when the 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G UOCLD circuit packs.
Note 12: The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs per 6500-7 packet-optical shelf is three when the
40G OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G OCLD, Wavelength-Selective 40G OCLD, 40G+ CFP OCI
(NTK529SJE5), or 40G MUX OCI (NTK525CFE5) circuit packs. The maximum number of 40G OTN XCIF circuit
packs per 6500-7 packet-optical shelf is two when the 40G OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 40G UOCLD
circuit packs.
Note 13: The maximum number of 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 14-slot shelf is six when the 100G
PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (when Flex2
WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack is in QPSK mode), or 100G OCI circuit packs. The maximum number of 100G
PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 14-slot shelf is four when the 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with
two Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs when Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs are in BPSK mode.
Note 14: The maximum number of 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 32-slot shelf is 16 when the 100G
PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD (when Flex2
WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack is in QPSK mode), or 100G OCI circuit packs. The maximum number of 100G
PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 32-slot shelf is eight when the 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with
two Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs when Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs are in BPSK mode.
Note 15: The maximum number of 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 6500-7 packet-optical shelf is three
when the 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs are mated with 100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD, Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD
(when Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack is in QPSK mode), or 100G OCI circuit packs. The maximum number
of 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit packs per 6500-7 packet-optical shelf is two when the 100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit
packs are mated with two Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs when Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit packs
are in BPSK mode.
Note 16: S=Supported, NS= Not Supported, N/A= Not Applicable

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Circuit Port Maximum circuit packs/modules/chassis Maximum port density per shelf
pack/ density/ per shelf
module/ circuit
chassis pack 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot 14-slot 32-slot 7-slot 2-slot
shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf shelf
and and
6500-7 6500-7
packet- packet-
optical optical
shelf shelf

4xOPS 24 14 32 7 for 2 336 768 168 for 48

7-slot 7-slot
shelf shelf
and and
6 for 144 for
6500-7 6500-7
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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
MXC • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• SONET and SDH mode
• Port 1 selectable to OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, or OC-48/STM-16
• Ports 2 to 5 selectable to OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4
• VT1.5/LO variant, supports VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP modules (see Note)
OC-192/STM-64 • Fixed optics using LC connectors
• STS-1/HO and VT1.5/LO variants:
— STS-1/HO support with STS1/VC4 granularity
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• IR-2/S64.2, SR-1/I64.2, LR-2/L64.2 circuit packs
• DWDM (10.7G) circuit packs (not tunable AM1/AM2)
— G.709 wrapper for RS8 FEC
• DWDM_HO/LO tunable circuit packs (without AM1/AM2)
• WDM_HO/LO tunable circuit packs (with AM1/AM2)
OC-48/STM-16 • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• STS-1/HO and VT1.5/LO variants:
— STS-1/HO support with STS1/VC4 granularity
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP and DPO modules (see Note)
OC-3/12/ • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
STM-1/4 • STS-1/HO and VT1.5/LO variants:
— STS-1/HO support with STS1/VC4 granularity
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Per port selectable to OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4
16xOC-n/STM-n • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
5G • STS-1/HO and VT1.5/LO variants:
— STS-1/HO support with STS1/VC4 granularity
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Per port selectable to OC-3/STM-1 or OC-12/STM-4. There are some
restrictions on how to fill up a 16xOC-n/STM-n 5G circuit pack (i.e. blocking
rules). See Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating, 323-1851-310
for full details on port blocking rules for 16xOC-n/STM-n 5G circuit packs.

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
16xOC-n/STM-n • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
10G • STS-1/HO and VT1.5/LO variants:
— STS-1/HO support with STS1/VC4 granularity
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Per port selectable to OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, or OC-48/STM-16. There
are some restrictions on how to fill up a 16xOC-n/STM-n 10G circuit pack (i.e.
blocking rules). See Part 1 of Configuration - Provisioning and Operating,
323-1851-310 for full details on port blocking rules for 16xOC-n/STM-n 10G
circuit packs.
(2+8)xOC-n/ • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
STM-n 20G • SFP and XFP modules (see Note)
8xOC-n/STM-n • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• VT1.5/LO variant:
— VT1.5/LO support with VT1.5/VC11 and VT2/VC12 granularity
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Per port selectable to STM-0J, OC-3/STM-1/STM-1J, or OC-12/STM-4/STM-4J.
GE • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• SFP modules (see Note)
GE EFM • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) supported on all four GE ports
10GE EPL • One 10GE EPL line port, Single XFP client port
• Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
10/100BT EPL • Per port selectable to 10BT or 100BT
10/100BT EPL • 8 ports 100Base selectable
with 8xSFP • Pluggable optics using LC connectors for SFP ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Per port selectable to 10BT or 100BT
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) supported on all 10/100BT ports
L2SS • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports four GE ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) supported on all four GE optical ports

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
20G L2SS • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports two 10GE LAN and eight GE ports
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note)
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) supported on all GE optical ports
PDH gateway • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports four GE ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM) supported on all four GE optical ports
• De-encapsulating/encapsulating PDH traffic (DS1/E1/DS3/E3)
RPR • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports four GE ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
E1 • 75 ohm or 120 ohm inputs/outputs
• 1:N protection (N=1 to 4) in two banks of 1:4
• ITU-T G.703 compliant ports
DS3/EC-1 • 75 ohm inputs/outputs
• 1:N protection (N=1 to 4) in two banks of 1:4 or unprotected
• Per port selectable to DS3 or EC-1
• ANSI T1.102 compliant ports
DS3/E3 • 75 ohm inputs/outputs
• 1:N protection (N=1 to 4) in two banks of 1:4 or unprotected
• Supports either 24 DS3, 24 E3, or 12 DS3 and 12 E3 ports for ports 1-12 or
13-24
• ANSI T1.102 compliant DS3 ports
• ITU-T G.703 compliant E3 ports
DS1 • 100 ohm inputs/outputs
• 1+1 protection or unprotected
• ANSI T1.102 compliant ports
Trans Mux • Portless
• 1+1 protection or unprotected
STM-1e • 75 ohm inputs/outputs
• 1:N protection (N=1 to 4) in two banks of 1:4 or unprotected
• ITU-T G.703 compliant ports

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
NGM WT • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port, one pluggable XFP client port
1xOC192/STM64 • LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
NGM WT 1x10GE • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port, one pluggable XFP client port
LAN • LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
NGM WT 1xOTU2 • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port, one pluggable XFP client port
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
10G OTR • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port, one pluggable XFP client port
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
2x10G OTR • Four pluggable XFPs per circuit pack
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
4x10G OTR • Four pluggable XFPs and four pluggable SFPs/SFP+s per circuit pack for
NTK530QA variant and eight pluggable XFPs per circuit pack for NTK530QM
• LC connectors
• SFP/SFP+/XFP modules (see Note)
2.5G MOTR • One pluggable XFP OTM2 line port, up to four SFP OC48/STM16 and/or OTM1
client ports (OC48/STM16 in NTK530NAE5 variant and OC48/STM16 and
OTM1 in NTK530NCE5 variant)
• LC connectors
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note)
10G OTSC • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port, one pluggable XFP client port
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
SuperMux with • One fixed OTM2 line C-band tunable port, up to 10 SFP client ports in SuperMux
integrated DWDM variants (NTK535EAE5 and NTK535EBE5)
and SuperMux • One pluggable OTM2 or OC-192/STM-64 line port via XFP optic, up to 10 SFP
with XFP client ports, and access to 24 more SFP ports through an optional I/O panel in
SuperMux with XFP variant (NTK535FAE5). Although the NTK535FAE5 variant
of the SuperMux circuit pack has backplane connector pins intended to interface
with one or two optional 12xSFP I/O carriers (to access additional SFP ports).
Use of 12xSFP I/O carriers and the associated I/O panel is not supported with
this circuit pack. The only supported SFP ports are the 10 faceplate ports.
• LC connectors
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note). The pluggable XFP modules are only
supported in SuperMux with XFP variant circuit packs (NTK535FAE5)
• Ethernet in the first mile (EFM)
40G OCLD • One fixed OTM3 C-band or L-band tunable line port when 40G OCLD is in
Broadband mode or PTP facility when in Packet-Optical Transport System
(P-OTS)
• LC connectors
Wavelength- • One fixed OTM3 C-band tunable line port when Wavelength-
selective 40G selective 40G OCLD is in Broadband mode or PTP facility when in OTN
OCLD switching mode (POTS)
• LC connectors
40G OCI • One fixed OC768/STM256 C-band client port (single-rate)
• LC connectors
40/43G OCI • One fixed OC768/STM256/OTM3 C-band client port (dual-rate)
• LC connectors
40G+ CFP OCI • One pluggable CFP client port
• CFP module (see Note)
40G MUX OCI • Up to four pluggable XFP client ports
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
40G UOCLD • One fixed OTM3 C-band tunable line port
• LC connectors
OSIC • One fixed OTM2 C-band tunable line port
• LC connectors
ISS-C-Band • One fixed OTM2 C-band supervisory port
• LC connectors

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
100G OCLD • One fixed OTM4 C-band tunable line port
• LC connectors
100G WaveLogic 3 • One fixed OTM4 C-band tunable line port
OCLD • LC connectors
Flex2 WaveLogic 3 • One fixed OTM4 C-band tunable line port
OCLD • LC connectors
10x10GE MUX • Up to 10 pluggable SFP+ client ports
• LC connectors
• SFP+ modules (see Note)
10x10G MUX • Up to 10 pluggable XFP client ports
• LC connectors
• XFP modules (see Note)
100GE OCI • One pluggable CFP client port
• SC and LC connectors
• CFP module (see Note)
100G OCI • One pluggable CFP client port
• SC and LC connectors
• CFP module (see Note)
L2 MOTR • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports two 10GE LAN or OTM2 (at 10.7G, 11.05G or 11.09G) line or 10GE
LAN client interface ports, and ten GE/FE client ports
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note)
eMOTR • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
(NTK536AA and • Supports four 10GE or OTU2 (10.7G)/OTU2e (11.09G) line interface ports, and
NTK536AB eight 10GE/GE client ports
variants)
• SFP, SFP+, and XFP modules (see Note)
eMOTR • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
(NTK536FA and • Supports four 10GE or OTU2 (10.7G)/OTU2e (11.09G) line interface ports, eight
NTK536FB 10GE/GE client ports, and also 32 GE client ports
variants)
• SFP, SFP+, and XFP modules (see Note)
FLEX MOTR • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports two 10GE LAN or OTM2 (at 10.7G, 11.05G or 11.09G) line and eight
FLEX client ports
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note)

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
8xOTN Flex • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
MOTR • Supports eight client (FLEX) and line (OTM1) ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
(1+8)xOTN Flex • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
MOTR • Supports eight client (FLEX or OTM1) and one line (10.7G OTM2) ports
• SFP and XFP modules (see Note)
40G XCIF • no physical port
40G OTN XCIF • no physical port
100G PKT/OTN • no physical port
XCIF
16xFLEX OTN I/F • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• Supports 16 client (FLEX) ports
• SFP modules (see Note)
10x10G PKT/OTN • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
I/F • Supports ten optical ports
• XFP modules (see Note)
2xOSC • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
• SFP modules (see Note)
SLA • Fixed optics using LC connectors
FGA • Fixed optics using LC connectors
MLA (C-Band and • Fixed optics using LC connectors
L-Band)
MLA2 • Fixed optics using LC connectors
MLA2 w/VOA • Fixed optics using LC connectors
MLA3 • Fixed optics using LC connectors
LIM (C-Band and • Fixed optics using LC connectors
L-Band)
Single Line Raman • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
Amplifier (SRA • SFP modules (see Note)
C-Band) w/Optical
Service Channel
(OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
Service Access • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
Module (SAM • SFP modules (see Note)
C-Band) w/Optical
Service Channel
(OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC
Enhanced Service • Pluggable optics using LC connectors
Access Module • SFP modules (see Note)
(ESAM C-Band)
w/Optical Service
Channel (OSC)
1xSFP 10/100 BT
WSC
Switchable Line • Fixed optics using LC connectors
Amplifier (XLA
C-Band)
WSS 100 GHz • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 5x1
WSS 100 GHz • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 2x1
(double slot-wide
and single
slot-wide variants)
WSS 100 GHz • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 4x1
WSS 50 GHz • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 9x1
(double slot-wide
and triple slot-wide
variants)
WSS Flex C-Band • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 9x1
(double slot-wide
variant)
WSS 50 GHz • Fixed optics using LC connectors
w/OPM 2x1 (triple
slot-wide and
single slot-wide
variants)
Optical Power • Fixed optics using LC connectors
Monitor (OPM
C-Band) 2 Port

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Interface circuit pack summary
Interface Summary
SLIC10 • Fixed optics using LC connectors
SLIC10 Flex • Fixed optics using LC connectors
SMD 50 GHz 8x1 • Fixed optics using LC-UPC connectors
CCMD12 • Fixed optics using LC-UPC connectors
4xOPS • Fixed optics using LC connectors on the OPSM2 module. The OPSM2 module
can be plugged into the 4xOPS circuit pack.
Note: Refer to Part 3 of Planning, NTRN10DA (Chapter 7) to find out which
SFP/SFP+/XFP/CFP/DPO modules can be used in this circuit pack. Not all of the available facilities in
an SFP/SFP+/XFP/CFP can be supported by the circuit pack. Refer to Part 3 of Planning, NTRN10DA
(Chapter 7) to find out which facility types can be supported by different circuit packs.

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Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) circuit packs

63xE1 working and protection circuit packs NTK541BAE5 Electrical Circuit Packs 323-1851-102.2
E1 I/O panels NTK541PAE5
NTK571xxE5

24xDS3/EC-1 working and protection circuit NTK543NAE5

packs NTK544NAE5
DS3/E3/EC-1 I/O panels NTK572CAE5
NTK572QAE5

24xDS3/E3 working and protection circuit NTK543CAE5

packs NTK544CAE5
DS3/E3/EC-1 I/O panels NTK572CAE5
NTK572QAE5

16xSTM-1e working and protection circuit NTK546CAE5

packs NTK546NAE5
STM-1e I/O panel NTK573FAE5

DS1 service module (DSM) shelf NTN407AA

NTN407AC

48 Channel Trans Mux (Portless) circuit NTK558DAE5

pack

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6500 interface circuit packs and modules/chassis

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

1xOC-192/STM-64 circuit packs NTK523xxE5 OC-n/STM-n Circuit 323-1851-102.3

NTK524xxE5 Packs
NTK526xxE5
NTK527xxE5
NTK527JB

2xOC-48/STM-16 circuit packs NTK516BAE5

NTK517BAE5
NTK519BAE5
NTK520BAE5

8xOC-3/12/STM-1/4 circuit packs NTK513MAE5

NTK513DAE5

16xOC-n/STM-n circuit packs NTK512FAE5

NTK513FAE5
NTK512GAE5
NTK513GAE5

(2+8)xOC-n/STM-n circuit packs NTK521CAE5

NTK521DAE5
NTK522CAE5
NTK522DAE5

8xOC-n/STM-n 5G VT1.5/LO SFP circuit NTK511AA

pack

XC I/F 40G STS-1/HO circuit pack NTK525FAE5 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, 323-1851-102.4
and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs

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Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Broadband circuit packs

eDC40G OCLD 1xOTU3+ DWDM circuit NTK539PxE5 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, 323-1851-102.4
packs and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs
eDC40G OCLD Wavelength-Selective NTK539RxE5
1xOTU3+ C-Band

40G OCI 1xOC-768/STM-256 circuit pack NTK529SAE5

40G OCI 1xOC-768/STM-256/OTU3 circuit
pack NTK529SDE5
40G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit pack
NTK529SJE5

4x10G MUX 4x10-11.1G XFP circuit packs NTK525CAE5

NTK525CFE5

eDC40G OCLD ULH C-Band 1xOTU3+ NTK539XAE5

DWDM circuit packs NTK539XEE5

Optical Supervisory and Idler Channel NTK528XAE5

circuit pack

eDC100G OCLD 1xOTU4 DWDM circuit NTK539TxE5

packs

100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD with EDFA NTK539Ux

1xOTU4 circuit packs

Flex2 WaveLogic 3 OCLD with EDFA NTK539Bx

1xOTU4 circuit packs

100G OCI 100GE 1xCFP circuit pack NTK529AAE5 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, 323-1851-102.4
100G OCI Multi-Protocol 1xCFP circuit NTK529AC and SLIC10 Circuit
pack Packs

10x10G MUX 10GE 10xSFP+ circuit pack NTK529BAE5

10x10G MUX Multi-Protocol 10xXFP circuit NTK529BBE5
pack

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6500 interface circuit packs and modules/chassis

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

10G OTR 1x10G XFP 1x10-11.1G DWDM NTK530MAE5 Broadband, 323-1851-102.5

circuit pack SuperMux, and OTN
FLEX MOTR Circuit
10G OTSC 1x10G XFP 1x10-11.3G DWDM NTK528AAE5 Packs
circuit pack

2x10G OTR 4x10-11.3G XFP circuit pack NTK530PAE5

2x10G OTR 4x XFP circuit packs
NTK530PGE5
NTK530PME5

4x10G OTR 4xXFP/4xSFP+ circuit pack NTK530QA

4x10G OTR 8xXFP circuit pack NTK530QM

OTN MOTR 4x2.5G SFP 1x10.7G XFP NTK530NAE5

circuit pack NTK530NCE5

SuperMux 10x SFP 10G DWDM circuit NTK535EAE5

packs NTK535EBE5

SuperMux 24 Port I/O 1x XFP/10x SFP NTK535FAE5

circuit pack

NGM WT 1xOC192/STM64 1x10.7G NTK530AAE5

DWDM circuit packs NTK530BAE5
NTK530CAE5

NGM WT 1x10GE LAN 1x11.1G DWDM NTK530ABE5

circuit packs NTK530BBE5
NTK530CBE5

NGM WT 1xOTU2 1x10.7G DWDM circuit NTK530ACE5

packs10G NTK530BCE5
NTK530CCE5

OTN Flex MOTR 8xSFP circuit pack NTK532BAE5

OTN Flex MOTR 1xXFP/8xSFP circuit pack NTK532DA

NTK532DE

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6500 interface circuit packs and modules/chassis

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Submarine circuit packs

Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 NTK554HA 40G, 100G, OSIC, ISS, 323-1851-102.4
C-Band) circuit pack and SLIC10 Circuit
Packs
Submarine Line Idler 10 Channel (SLIC10 NTK554HC
Flex C-Band) circuit pack

Inline Submarine Supervisory (ISS C-Band) NTK528YA

circuit pack

Photonic circuit packs and modules

OSC w/WSC 2 Port SFP 2 Port 10/100BT NTK554BAE5 Photonic Equipment 323-1851-102.6
(2xOSC) circuit pack

Single Line Amplifier (SLA C-Band) circuit NTK552AAE5

pack

Fixed Gain Amplifier (FGA C-Band) circuit and NTK552AB

pack

Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA C-Band) NTK552BAE5

circuit pack

Midstage Line Amplifier (MLA L-Band) NTK552BL

circuit pack

Midstage Line Amplifier 2 (MLA2 C-Band) NTK552FAE5

circuit pack

Midstage Line Amplifier 2 (MLA2 C-Band) NTK552FB

with variable optical attenuator (VOA) circuit
pack

Midstage Line Amplifier 3 (MLA3 C-Band) NTK552GAE5

circuit pack

Line Interface Module (LIM C-Band) circuit NTK552DAE5

pack

Line Interface Module (LIM L-Band) circuit NTK552DL

pack

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Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Single Line Raman Amplifier (SRA C-Band) NTK552JA Photonic Equipment 323-1851-102.6
w/Optical Service Channel (OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC circuit pack

Service Access Module (SAM C-Band) NTK552JN

w/Optical Service Channel (OSC) 1xSFP
10/100 BT WSC circuit pack

Enhanced Service Access Module (ESAM NTK552JT

C-Band) w/Optical Service Channel (OSC)
1xSFP 10/100 BT WSC circuit pack

Switchable Line Amplifier (XLA C-Band) NTK552KA

circuit pack

WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 5x1 circuit NTK553EAE5

pack

WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 2x1 circuit NTK553JAE5

pack (double slot-wide variant)

WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 2x1 circuit NTK553JB

pack (single slot-wide variant)

WSS 100 GHz w/OPM C-Band 4x1 circuit NTK553HA

pack

WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band 9x1 circuit NTK553FAE5

pack (triple slot-wide variant)

WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band 9x1 circuit NTK553FC

pack (double slot-wide variant)

WSS Flex C-Band w/OPM 9x1 circuit pack NTK553LA

(double slot-wide variant)

WSS 50 GHz w/OPM C-Band 2x1 circuit NTK553KCE5

packs NTK553KAE5

Optical Power Monitor (OPM C-Band) 2 NTK553PAE5

Port circuit pack

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6500 interface circuit packs and modules/chassis

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

4 Channel Mux/Demux (SCMD4) 100 GHz NTK508AxE5 Photonic Equipment 323-1851-102.6

C-Band circuit packs

Selective Mux/Demux (SMD) 50 GHz NTK553GAE5

C-Band 8x1 circuit pack

12 Channel Colorless Mux/Demux NTK508FAE5

(CCMD12 C-Band) circuit pack

Optical multiplexers (OMX) modules NT0H32xxE5

44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 100 GHz NTT862AAE5

C-Band modules NTT862FAE5

44 Channel Mux/Demux (CMD44) 50 GHz NTT862BAE5

C-Band modules NTT862BBE5
NTT862BCE5
NTT862BDE5

4 Channel Optical Mux/Demux (OMD4) 100 NTK504AxE5

GHz C-Band modules

Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 (BMD2) NTT862DAE5

module

Upgrade Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 NTT862DCE5

(UBMD2) module

Monitor Broadband Mux/Demux 1x2 NTT862DDE5

(MBMD2) module

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6500 interface circuit packs and modules/chassis

Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Dispersion Slope Compensation Modules NTT870AxE5 Photonic Equipment 323-1851-102.6

(DSCM) NTT870CxE5
NTT870ExE5
NTT870GxE5

Photonic passive equipment including:

• 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer chassis B-967-0001-002

with 19 inch brackets, fiber management B-967-0002-002
bar and cover B-967-0003-002
• 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer chassis
with 23 inch brackets, fiber management
bar and cover
• 2150 Passive Optical Multiplexer chassis
with ETSI inch brackets, fiber
management bar and cover

• 6-Slot Passive Photonics Chassis (PPC6) K80-0001-001

with 19 inch and 23 inch brackets K80-0001-002
• 6-Slot Passive Photonics Chassis (PPC6) K80-0001-003
with 19 inch and 23 inch brackets, fiber K80-0001-004
management bar and cover
• 6-Slot Passive Photonics Chassis (PPC6)
with ETSI brackets
• 6-Slot Passive Photonics Chassis (PPC6)
with ETSI brackets, fiber management bar
and cover

CN-100-x4L and CN-100-x4H 4-channel B-720-0020-0xx

Optical Mux/Demux Filter (OMDF4) 100
GHz modules

CN-100-x80 8-channel Optical Mux/Demux B-720-0022-00x

Filter (OMDF8) 100 GHz modules

Band splitter 100 GHz modules B-720-0020-0xx

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Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Photonic passive equipment including Photonic Equipment 323-1851-102.6

(Continued):

CN-51S-00 Optical Service Channel Filter B-720-0014-003

(1-Ch OSCF CWDM 1511 nm) module

2110 common equipment to house • B-955-0004-00

Dispersion Compensation Modules 5
(DCMs): • B-955-0004-00
• 2110 shelf with 19 inch brackets for EIA or 6
NEBS equipment racks • B-955-0004-00
• 2110 shelf with 23 inch brackets for EIA or 8
NEBS equipment racks
• 2110 shelf with ETSI bracket configured
for 300 mm rack brackets

2110-Tx-xxxx Dispersion Compensation B-955-0003-00x

Modules (DCMs) B-955-0003-3xx
166-0203-9xx
166-0403-9xx

Optical Service Channel (OSC) Filter NTK504BA

(1516.9 nm) module

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Interface circuit pack/module PEC Reference document

Document name Document

number

Data and Layer 2 circuit packs

4xGE EPL circuit packs NTK535LAE5 Data and Layer 2 323-1851-102.7

NTK535LBE5 Circuit Packs

1x10GE EPL circuit pack NTK533AAE5

24x10/100BT EPL circuit packs NTK548BAE5

NTK548MAE5

Flex MOTR 8xSFP, 2xXFP circuit pack NTK531YAE5

L2SS VT1.5/LO 4xGE circuit pack NTK531BAE5

L2SS DS1/E1/DS3/E3 4xGE circuit pack NTK531MAE5

20G L2SS 16 Port I/O 2xXFP / 8xSFP NTK531HAE5

circuit pack

L2 MOTR 2xXFP/10xSFP circuit pack NTK531VAE5

eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+ circuit pack NTK536AA

NTK536AB

eMOTR 4xXFP/8xSFP+/32xSFP circuit NTK536FA

pack NTK536FB

RPR 10G STS-1/HO 4xGE circuit pack NTK534BAE5

Optical transport network (OTN) I/F, Packet (PKT) I/F, and PKT/OTN circuit packs

OTN XC I/F 40G circuit pack NTK620AA OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and 323-1851-102.8
PKT/OTN I/F Circuit
PKT/OTN XC I/F 100G circuit pack NTK665AA Packs
OTN I/F Flex 16xSFP circuit pack NTK622AA

PKT I/F 100G 10xXFP circuit pack NTK667AA

Note: Refer to “6500 services” on page 3-135 to find out about different services that are supported in
this release of 6500 for the circuit packs in this table.

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6500 services
This release of 6500 supports the POTS (OTN and PKT), MSPP, Broadband,
and Photonic services for different OTN I/F, PKT I/F, MSPP, Broadband, and
Photonic circuit packs listed in Table 3-2. The combination of any of these four
services in a 6500 shelf is also supported. When OTN I/F, PKT I/F, or MSPP
circuit packs are used in a 14-slot shelf type or OTN I/F or PKT I/F circuit packs
are used in a 6500-7 packet-optical shelf type, the use of cross-connect circuit
packs in slots 7 and 8 is mandatory. When OTN I/F, PKT I/F, or MSPP circuit
packs are used in a 32-slot shelf type, the use of cross-connect circuit packs
in slots 9 and 10 is mandatory. OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and MSPP circuit packs are
not supported in a 2-slot or 7-slot shelf type.
• Figure 3-29 shows an example which represents a layout of the converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services and the slot numbering scheme in a
14-slot shelf (OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs can be also
used).
• Figure 3-30 shows an example which represents a layout of the converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services and the slot numbering scheme in a
32-slot shelf (OTN I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs can be also
used).
• Figure 3-31 shows an example which represents a layout of the
Broadband services and the slot numbering scheme in a 7-slot shelf (OTN
I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs cannot be used).
• Figure 3-32 shows an example which represents a layout of the converged
PKT/OTN/Broadband services and the slot numbering scheme in a
6500-7 packet-optical shelf (Photonic circuit packs can be also used).
• Figure 3-33 shows an example which represents a layout of the
Broadband services and the slot numbering scheme in a 2-slot shelf (OTN
I/F, PKT I/F, and PKT/OTN I/F circuit packs cannot be used).

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Figure 3-29
14-slot numbering and circuit pack locations (example: converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services; XC-based)

Access Panel
17-1

160 Gbit/s XC
160 Gbit/s XC
SuperMux
10G OTSC

WSS with OPM

8xOC3/OC12
10G DWDM

2xOSC
MLA
MLA

WSS with OPM

2xOSC

Pwr
Shelf processor
Shelf processor
17-2

MIC
circuit pack
circuit pack

circuit pack

circuit pack
circuit pack
circuit pack
circuit pack
circuit pack
circuit pack

circuit pack

circuit pack
circuit pack
17-3

Pwr
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Fiber routing channel

DSCM

CMD44

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Figure 3-30
32-slot numbering and circuit pack locations (example: converged
MSPP/Broadband/Photonic services; XC-based)

43 PWR A 44 PWR B

45 Fan

46 Fan

47 Access Panel / MIC

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 41

WSS with OPM

8xOC3/OC12
40G OCLD
40G OCLD
40G OCLD

10G DWDM
40G XCIF

40G OCLD
10G OTSC
SuperMux

40G XCIF
2xOSC

SP-2
Filler
Filler

MLA
XC
Fiber routing XC
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 42
40G MUX OCI

WSS with OPM

2x10G OTR
40G OCLD

40G OCLD

40G OCLD

40G OCLD

10G OTSC
SuperMux
SuperMux

SuperMux
40G OCI

SP-2
Filler
Filler
SLA

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Figure 3-31
7-slot numbering and circuit pack locations (example: Broadband services)

15 18
Pwr

17
Pwr
Shelf processor

SuperMux circuit pack

7
L2 MOTR circuit pack

Fiber routing channel

10G OTSC circuit pack

5
Fan Module

SuperMux circuit pack

4
3
SuperMux circuit pack

2
10G OTSC circuit pack

1
2x10G OTR circuit pack

19
Access panel

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Figure 3-32
6500-7 packet-optical numbering and circuit pack locations (example:
converged PKT/OTN/Broadband services; PKT/OTN XC-based)

15 16 18
Pwr

17
Pwr
Shelf processor
Shelf processor

PKT/OTN XC circuit pack

8
PKT/OTN XC circuit pack

Fiber routing channel

L2 MOTR circuit pack

6
Fan Module

10G OTSC circuit pack

5
100G PKT/OTN XCIF circuit pack

4
3
100G WaveLogic 3 OCLD circuit pack

2
10x10G PKT/OTN I/F circuit pack

1
10x10G PKT/OTN I/F circuit pack

19
Access panel

Figure 3-33
2-slot numbering and circuit pack locations (example: Broadband services in a
NTK503MAE5 or NTK503NAE5 variant)
Integrated power supply unit

OTN FLEX MOTR circuit pack

2
Fan module

OTN FLEX MOTR circuit pack

1

Integrated shelf processor/access panel/OTN FLEX MOTR

20

15

The choice of cross-connect circuit packs is important since slot capacity is

different in a 14-slot shelf. Refer to “Backplane” on page 3-60 for information
on 6500 backplane traffic.

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Filler cards/modules
The filler card is required to fill any empty slots. Although the filler card does
not contain electronic components, the filler card ensures airflow and cooling
is constant for each slot in the shelf and ensures EMI compliance. For PEC
information, see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

2-slot x 2-row filler card

The 2-slot x 2-row filler card is required to fill any empty cross-connect slots
(slots 9 and 10) in a 32-slot shelf. Although the filler card does not contain
electronic components, the filler card ensures airflow and cooling is constant
for each slot in the shelf and ensures EMI compliance. For PEC information,
see Planning - Ordering Information, 323-1851-151.

2150 half-width blank (filler panel)

This filler module is required to fill any half-width empty subslots in a
2150 chassis or PPC6.

2150 full-width blank (filler panel)

This filler module is required to fill any full-width empty subslots in a
2150 chassis or PPC6.

2110 blank (filler panel)

This filler module is required to fill any empty subslots in a 2110 shelf.

Customer location equipment (CLE) device

This release of 6500 supports PDH gateway that provides Layer 2 head-end
copper access termination (from DS1/DS3/E1/E3 PDH tributaries). The PDH
gateway offering includes the customer location equipment (CLE) device that
allows the Ethernet over PDH mapping at the customer sites. For more
information on how to order CLE devices, refer to Planning - Ordering
Information, 323-1851-151.

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